Anopompilinus occidentalis Dreisbach, 1949:726, ♂♀. Allotype ♀, Pinecrest, Tuolumne Co., Cal., VII-29-47 (MCZ, acc. no. 46, leg. P.H. Arnaud, Jr.); Holotype ♂, Pinecrest, Tuolumne Co., Cal., VII-29-47 (MCZ, leg. P.H. Arnaud, Jr.); Evans, 1951Evans, H.E. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 77:203-340.:253, Type ♂ (M.C.Z., no. 28,149); 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.:394, Type ♂ (MCZ, no. 28,149). - Dreisbach, 1949Dreisbach, R.R. 1949. A new genus of the subfamily Psammocharínae (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with descriptions of eight new species and a key to the species. The American Midland Naturalist 42 (3):722-743. (distribution); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:76 (listed); Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:46 (listed). - As Ammosphex occidentalis: - As Arachnospila occidentalis: - Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:46 (comb. nov.); Evans, 1997Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197. (distribution). - As Pompilus occidentalis: - Evans, 1951Evans, H.E. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 77:203-340. (distribution); Evans, 1953Evans, H.E. 1953. The Mexican species of the genus Pompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46:529-543. (distribution); 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); 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); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:76 (listed); Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:46 (listed); 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).
Anoplius occidentalis (Dreisbach, 1954) - 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.:52 (listed); 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).