Mutilla americana Linnaeus, 1758:582, sex not indicated. Linnaeus, 1758Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima Reformata. [4] + [5] + 823 + [1] p.:582,America australi; Bartholomay, 2014Bartholomay, P.R. 2014. . Dissertation , . Manaus, Amazonas.:48, Holotype ♀ (localização do tipo desconhecida); Bartholomay et al., 2019Bartholomay, P.R., K.A. Williams, V.M. Lopez & M.L. Oliveira 2019. Revision of the Traumatomutilla americana species group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa 4608 (1):1-34.:6, Holotype ♀, examined (NHRS). - As Traumatomutilla americana: - Bartholomay, 2014Bartholomay, P.R. 2014. . Dissertation , . Manaus, Amazonas. (distribution); Lo Cascio, 2015Lo Cascio, P. 2015. Worldwide checklist of the island mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera Mutillidae). biodiversity Journal 6 (2):529-592. (distribution); Williams et al., 2017Williams, K.A., P.R. Bartholomay & M.L. de Oliveira 2017. Species groups of Traumatomutilla André (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Insecta Mundi 0533:1-38. (distribution); Bartholomay et al., 2019Bartholomay, P.R., K.A. Williams, V.M. Lopez & M.L. Oliveira 2019. Revision of the Traumatomutilla americana species group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa 4608 (1):1-34. (distribution); Pagliano et al., 2020Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425. (distribution).
Mutilla spilota Gerstäcker, 1874:78, ♀.Surinam (Mus. Berol.); Mickel, 1952Mickel, C.E. 1952. The Mutillidae (Wasps) of British Guiana. Zoologica (New York) 37 (3):105-150.:134, Lectotype ♀ (Zoologisches Museum der Universität, Berlin, no. 6689); Bartholomay et al., 2019Bartholomay, P.R., K.A. Williams, V.M. Lopez & M.L. Oliveira 2019. Revision of the Traumatomutilla americana species group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa 4608 (1):1-34.:6, Holotype ♀ (ZMB). - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution); Bartholomay et al., 2019Bartholomay, P.R., K.A. Williams, V.M. Lopez & M.L. Oliveira 2019. Revision of the Traumatomutilla americana species group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa 4608 (1):1-34.:6 ( listed as synonym of Traumatomutilla americana (Linnaeus, 1758)); Pagliano et al., 2020Pagliano G., D.J. Brothers, R. Cambra, A.S. Lelej, P. Lo Cascio, M.M. Palmerini, P.L. Scaramozzino, K.A. Williams & M. Romano 2020. Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species. Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze naturali Torino 36 (1-2):5-425.:78 ( listed as synonym of Traumatomutilla americana (Linnaeus, 1758)). - As Mutilla dubia spilota: - Bartholomay, 2014Bartholomay, P.R. 2014. . Dissertation , . Manaus, Amazonas.:49 ( listed as synonym of Traumatomutilla americana (Linnaeus, 1758)). - As Traumatomutilla dubia spilota: - Mickel, 1952Mickel, C.E. 1952. The Mutillidae (Wasps) of British Guiana. Zoologica (New York) 37 (3):105-150. (distribution).