Note: The specimen Ashmead (1900) identified as claviventris from Grenada is actually grenadinus (Pate, 1947)
Crabro claviventris Cresson, 1865:151, ♂. Holotype ♂, Cuba (Dr. J. Gundlach); Pate, 1947Pate, V.S.L. 1947. The Pemphilidine wasps of the Caribbees (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 73 (1):1-33.:5, Type ♂ (Habana ?); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:192, Type (Gundlach, No. 424). - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Packard, 1867Packard, A.S. 1867. Revision of the fossorial Hymenoptera of North America. I. Crabronidae and Nyssonidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 6:353-453. (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 Euplilis claviventris: - Alayo, 1968Alayo, P.D. 1968. Estudios sobre los Himenópteros de Cuba. II – Subfamilia Crabroninae (Familia Sphecidae). Poeyana (Serie A) 58:1-28. (distribution); Evans, 1972Evans, H.E. 1972. Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica: Aculeate Wasps (Hymenoptera: Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 115:1-19. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution). - As Physoscelis claviventris: - Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution). - As Rhopalum claviventre: The specimen Ashmead (1900) identified as claviventris from Grenada is actually grenadinus (Pate, 1947). - Alayo, 1976Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los Himenópteros de Cuba - Superfamilia Sphecoidea. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Instituto de Zoologia, Serie Biologica 67:1-46. (distribution); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139. (distribution); Leclercq, 2002Leclercq, J. 2002. Hyménoptères Crabonides Craboniens des Amériques du genre Rhopalum Stephens, 1829. Notes fauniques de Gembloux 48:3-115. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Amarante, 2005Amarante, S.T.P. 2005. Addendum and corrections to a synonymic catalog of Neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 45 (1):1-18. (distribution); Genaro, 2006Genaro, J.A. 2006. Checklist and distribution patterns of apoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae and Crabronidae) of Cuba. Zootaxa 1171:47-68. (distribution).