Xyela major Cresson, 1880:34, ♂♀.Texas (leg. Belfrage). - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum. Vol. I: Tenthredinidae incl. Uroceridae (Phyllophaga & Xylophaga). G. Engelmann, 459. (distribution). - As Macroxyela major: - Kirby, 1882Kirby, W.F. 1882. List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the typical specimens in the British Museum. Vol. I. Tenthredinidae and Siricidae. London: British Museum :xxviii + 450 pp., pls i-vi. (distribution). - As Megaxyela major: - Muesebeck et al., 1951Muesebeck, C.F.W., K.V. Krombein & H.K. Townes 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - Synoptic catalog. U.S. Dept. Agr. Monog. 2:1-1420. (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 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1-1198. (distribution).
Odontophyes ferruginea Bridwell, 1906:94 - 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 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1-1198.:10 ( listed as synonym of Megaxyela major (Cresson, 1880)).
Megaxyela langstoni Ross, 1936:131 Synonymized with Megaxyela major (Cresson, 1880) by 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 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1-1198.:10. - Muesebeck et al., 1951Muesebeck, C.F.W., K.V. Krombein & H.K. Townes 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - Synoptic catalog. U.S. Dept. Agr. Monog. 2:1-1420. (distribution).