Tropidopsis clavata Ashmead, 1893:402, ♂♀. Types, St. Vincent, West Indies (National Museum); Masner & Muesebeck, 1968Masner, L. & C.F.W. Muesebeck 1968. The Types of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the United States National Museum. 270:1-143.:8, according to Ashmead, the types were deposited in the National Museum. From the description it is evident that the female should be considered the type, but it has not been found. The male specimen, which is well preserved, is a species of Trichopria and obviously not the same species as the female; it is, therefore, not designated the lectotype (USNM). - As Basalys clavata: - Masner & Muesebeck, 1968Masner, L. & C.F.W. Muesebeck 1968. The Types of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the United States National Museum. 270:1-143.:8 (comb. nov.).
Tropidopsis clavata Ashmead, 1894:245 - Ashmead, 1894Ashmead, W.H. 1894. Report on the Parasitic Cynipidae, part of the Braconidae, the Ichneumonidae, the Proctotrypidae, and part of the Chalcididae. - Part II. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 25:108-188. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598. (distribution); 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).