Ophion melanostigma Cameron, 1886:295, ♂. ♂, Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet (leg. Champion); Hooker, 1912Hooker, C.W. 1912. The Ichneumon flies of America belonging to the tribe Ophionini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (1):1-176.:38, Type (British Museum); Morley, 1912Morley, C. 1912. A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) Part I: Tribes Ophionides and Metopiides. British Museum, London, England. 1-88.:57, Type (British Museum); Gauld, 1988Gauld, I.D. 1988. A survey of the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of tropical Mesoamerica with special reference to the fauna of Costa Rica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 57 (1):1-309.:65, Holotype ? ♀, examined (British Museum (Natural History)). - Cameron, 1883-1888Cameron, P. 1883-1888. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Families Tenthredinidae-Chrysididae). Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 487 pp., 20 pl.:295 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1901-1902Dalla Torre, C.G. 1901-1902. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. — Volumen III: Trigonalidae, Megalyridae, Stephanidae, Ichneumonidae, Agriotypidae, Evaniidae, Pelecinidae. Pars II. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. VIII + 1141. (distribution); Hooker, 1912Hooker, C.W. 1912. The Ichneumon flies of America belonging to the tribe Ophionini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (1):1-176. (distribution). - As Simophion melanostigma: - Gauld, 1988Gauld, I.D. 1988. A survey of the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of tropical Mesoamerica with special reference to the fauna of Costa Rica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 57 (1):1-309.:65 (comb. nov.).