Propristocera tridentata Evans, 1957:292, ♂. Holotype ♂, Cordoba, Mexico, 21 May (U. S. Natl. Mus., leg. A. Fenyes); Evans, 1963Evans, H.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Apenesia in the Americas (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 130 (4):251-359.:298, Type ♂ (USNM, no. 64115). - As Apenesia tridentata: - Evans, 1964Evans, H.E. 1964. A synopsis of the american Bethylidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132 (1):1-222.:32 ( listed as synonym of Apenesia denticulata Evans, 1963).
Apenesia denticulata Evans, 1963:298, ♂ Replacement name for Propristocera tridentata Evans, 1957 by Evans, 1963Evans, H.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Apenesia in the Americas (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 130 (4):251-359.:298. - Evans, 1963Evans, H.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Apenesia in the Americas (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 130 (4):251-359. (distribution); Evans, 1964Evans, H.E. 1964. A synopsis of the american Bethylidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132 (1):1-222. (distribution); Evans, 1967Evans, H.E. 1967. Notes on mexican and southwestern U. S. Bethylidae (Hymenoptera): Part i, Pristocerinae. Entomological News 78:13-23. (distribution).