Sphinctomutilla André, 1908b . Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires (Ser. 3 a) 10: 178.

Type species. Mutilla spixi Diller, 1990 (replacement name for Mutilla melanocephala Perty, 1833 (female) not Schrank, 1781 not Fabricius, 1793), by original designation.

Taxonomic history. Objectively invalid name: junior homonym of Sphinctomutilla André, 1899; replaced by Sphinctopsis Mickel, 1928: 37 .