Pompilus torridus burrus Cresson, 1869:371, ♀. 3 ♀♀, Vera Cruz (Am. Ent. Soc., leg. Dr. Chas Sartorius); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:262, Lectotype ♀ (A.N.S.P., no. 429); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:231, Lectotype ♀ (ANSP, no. 429). - Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380. (distribution), 371 (listed); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:211 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus torridus Smith, 1862); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.:211 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus torridus Smith, 1862); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 327 (listed); Bradley, 1944Bradley, J.C. 1944. The generic position of certain Mexican Pompilidae (Hymenoptera), with description of a new genus. Notulae Naturae, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 145:1-12.:9 (listed). - As Arachnophroctonus torridus burrus: - Bradley, 1944Bradley, J.C. 1944. The generic position of certain Mexican Pompilidae (Hymenoptera), with description of a new genus. Notulae Naturae, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 145:1-12.:9 (listed); Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95.:53 (listed). - As Tachypompilus ferrugineus burrus: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270. (distribution), 262 (biology, comb. nov.); Strandtmann, 1953Strandtmann, R.W. 1953. Notes on the nesting habits of some digger wasps. Kansas Entomological Society Journal 26 (2):45-52. (biology); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442. (distribution); Horta Vega et al., 2009Horta Vega, J.V., M.E.García Gutiérrez, M.I. Benavides Martínez & A. Correa Sandoval 2009. Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 25 (1):71-82. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution); Fernández et al., 2022Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503. (distribution).
Pompilus virulentus Smith, 1879:155, ♀. ♀, Costa Rica, Irazu, 6000-7000 feet (British Museum). Synonymized with Tachypompilus ferrugineus burrus (Cresson, 1869) by Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:231. - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:210 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257. (distribution), 210 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 335 (listed); Banks, 1947Banks, N. 1947. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 2. Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Bulletin 99:371-486.:384 (listed). - As Arachnophroctonus virulentus: - Banks, 1925Banks, N. 1925. Psammocharidae from Panama. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 67 (9):329-338. (distribution), 338 (listed); Banks, 1931Banks, N. 1931. Psammocharidae from Yucatan. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 26:131-134. (distribution); Banks, 1947Banks, N. 1947. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 2. Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Bulletin 99:371-486. (distribution), 384 (listed).
Arachnophroctonus cockerellae Rohwer, 1915:515, ♂. Type ♂, Gualan, Guatemala, February 12, 1912 (U.S.N.M., No. 16028, leg. W.P. Cockerell); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:231, Type ♂ (USNM, no. 16,028). Synonymized with Tachypompilus ferrugineus burrus (Cresson, 1869) by Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:231. - Cockerell, 1946Cockerell, T.D.A. 1946. New species and subspecies collected in a month in Guatemala. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 54 (3):203-206. (distribution).