Gorytes divisus Smith, 1856:370, ♂. ♂, Georgia (B.M.). - Cresson, 1862Cresson, E.T. 1862. Catalogue of the described species of North American Hymenoptera (Continued from page 211.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1 (8):227-238. (distribution); Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen III. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 97:316-565. (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). - As Pseudoplisus divisus: - 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).
Gorytes bipartitus Handlirsch, 1888:521, ♂♀. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Georgia in Nordamerika (Coll. Saussure). - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (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.:1695 ( listed as synonym of Pseudoplisus divisus (Smith, 1856)).
Pseudoplisus varipunctus Smith, 1908:348, Muma, 1952Muma, M.H. 1952. Insect types in the collections of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 3 (8):1-35.:22, Type ♀ (University of Nebraska State Museum). - 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.:1695 ( listed as synonym of Pseudoplisus divisus (Smith, 1856)).