| 1862 Lithomelissa thoracites - Haeckel p. 301; pl. 6, figs. 2-8 |
| 1887 Lithomelissa thoracites - Haeckel p. 1206 |
| 1913 Lithomelissa thoracites - Popofsky p. 337-338; text figs. 44-47 |
| 1914 Lithomelissa thoracites - Schröder p. 104, figs. 61-62 |
| 1966 Lithomelissa thoracites - Benson pl. 24, figs. 10-12 |
| 1971 Dimelissa thoracites - Petrushevskaya p. 134; pl. 69 figs. 7-8 |
| 1982 Lithomelissa thoracites - Molina-Cruz p. 995; pl. 4. figs. 12-13 |
| 1983 Lithomelissa thoracites - Benson p. 505; pl. 9, fig. 2 |
| 1987 Lithomelissa thoracites - Bjørklund and de Ruiter fig. 5, nos. 23-24, 26 |
| 1995 Peromelissa thoracites forma thoracites - van de Paverd p. 224; pl. 66, figs. 9-10 |
| 1996 Dimelissa thoracites - Welling pl. 14, figs. 1, 4 |
| 1999 Lithomelissa thoracites - Molina-Cruz et al. pl. 1, figs. 8-11; tab. 2 |
