Bembix comata Parker, 1917:100, ♂♀. Holotype (U.S.N.M., No. 19780). - Parker, 1917Parker, J.B. 1917. . 1-155. (distribution); Parker, 1929Parker, J.B. 1929. A generic revision of the fossoriel wasps of the tribes Stizini and Bembicini, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75:1-203. (distribution). - As Bembix americana comata: - 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); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139. (distribution).
Bembix comata nevadensis Rodeck, 1934 - 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.:1712 ( listed as synonym of Bembix americana comata Parker, 1917); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.:8 ( listed as synonym of Bembix americana comata Parker, 1917).