Gorytes Smithii Cresson, 1880:xviii, ♀.Illinois (leg. E.A. Smith). - Handlirsch, 1888Handlirsch, A. 1888. Monographie der mit Nysson und Bembex verwandten Grabwespen III. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 97:316-565. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution). - As Gorytes smithii smithii: - As Pseudoplisus smithii: - Hook, 1998Hook, A.W. 1998. New distribution records of aculeate wasps in Texas and adjacent states (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Pompilidae, Mutillidae). Southwestern Naturalist 43 (2):249-255. (distribution). - As Pseudoplisus smithii smithii: - 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).
Pseudoplisus infumatus Mickel, 1916:402, Muma, 1952Muma, M.H. 1952. Insect types in the collections of the University of Nebraska State Museum. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 3 (8):1-35.:22, Type ♂ (University of Nebraska State Museum). - 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.:1696 ( listed as synonym of Pseudoplisus smithii smithii (Cresson, 1880)).