[1] The name is derived from the character Beatrix Kiddo from the 2003 film Kill Bill, because of their resemblance in action and colour.

[2][3] Cystomastacoides kiddo was described from a female holotype which was discovered from Phetchabun Province, Thung Salaeng Luang National Park, Kaeng Wang Nam Yen, Thailand.

[4] The scientific description was published on 19 May 2013 by Donald L. J. Quicke of the Natural History Museum, London, and Buntika Areekul Butcher of the Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

The species was so-named "because of the deadly biology to the host" as the wasp reminded the scientists of the assassin Beatrix Kiddo (played by Uma Thurman), the protagonist in the film Kill Bill.

Although the wasp does not have the exact Five Point Exploding Heart Technique, it has an "assassin"-like move while looking for prey, and additionally its body colour is like the yellow-with-black-stripes jumpsuit of Kiddo.

[5] Cystomastacoides kiddo is a typical Braconid wasp which are infamous for their deadly reproductive habits.