Anacrabro ocellatus Packard, 1866:68 - Fox, 1895Fox, W.J. 1895. The Crabroninae of Boreal America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 22 (2):129-226. (distribution); Cockerell, 1895Cockerell, T.D.A. 1895. The second Anacrabro, and the smallest american Oxybelus. The Canadian Entomologist 27:308-309. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Bequaert, 1920Bequaert, J.C. 1920. Hymenoptera collected near Boston, Mass., with description of a variety of Bombus affinis. Psyche 27 (1):6-12. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution). - As Anacrabro ocellatus ocellatus: - Krombein, 1963Krombein, K.V. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:255-280. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Leclercq, 2007Leclercq, J. 2007. Hyménoptères Crabroniens des Amériques du genre Anacrabro Packard, 1866 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae Crabroninae). Notes fauniques de Gembloux 60 (3):141-143. (distribution).
Thyreopus rugoso-punctatus Provancher, 1883:664 - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1658 ( listed as synonym of Anacrabro ocellatus ocellatus Packard, 1866).
Crabro rugulosopunctatus Dalla Torre, 1897:624 - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1658 ( listed as synonym of Anacrabro ocellatus ocellatus Packard, 1866).
Anacrabro robertsoni Rohwer, 1920:58 - As Anacrabro ocellatus robertsoni: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Leclercq, 1996Leclercq, J. 1996. Hyménoptères Sphécides Crabroniens du genre Anacrabro Packard, 1866 des deux Amériques. Lambillionea 96 (3):471-478. (distribution), 478 ( listed as synonym of Anacrabro ocellatus ocellatus Packard, 1866).