Tricyphus ater Hopper, 1939:339, ♂. Holotype ♂, Oakwood, Illinois, July 6, 1930 (Illinois State Natural History Survey, leg. H.H. Ross); Heinrich, 1962Heinrich, G.H. 1962. Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with particular reference to the northeastern region (Hymenoptera). Part VII. Synopsis of the Trogini. Addenda and corrigenda. The Canadian Entomologist 93 (Supplement 29):803-886.:843, Holotype ♂ (Illinois State Natural History Survey, Urbana, Ill.); Heinrich, 1977Heinrich, G.H. 1977. Ichneumoninae of Florida and neighboring states (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, subfamily Ichneumoninae). Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas 9:1-350.:291, Holotype ♂ (Illinois State Natural History Survey, Urbana, Illinois). - Heinrich, 1962Heinrich, G.H. 1962. Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with particular reference to the northeastern region (Hymenoptera). Part VII. Synopsis of the Trogini. Addenda and corrigenda. The Canadian Entomologist 93 (Supplement 29):803-886. (distribution); Heinrich, 1977Heinrich, G.H. 1977. Ichneumoninae of Florida and neighboring states (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, subfamily Ichneumoninae). Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas 9:1-350. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1-1198. (distribution). - As Saranaca ater: - Sime & Wahl, 2002Sime, K.R. & D.B. Wahl 2002. The cladistics and biology of the Callajoppa genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134:1-56.:35 (comb. nov.).