Strongylogaster illuminatus Norton, 1868:222, ♂♀. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Cordova, t. c. Mexico (leg. H. de Saussure), Lectotype ♂ (Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva Switzerland), designated by Smith, 1971Smith, D.R. 1971. The neotropical sawflies described by Norton and Cresson, with lectotype designations (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 97 (4):521-535.:527. - Cresson, 1880Cresson, E.T. 1880. Catalogue of the Tenthredinidae and Uroceridae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 8:53-68. (distribution); Kirby, 1882Kirby, W.F. 1882. List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the typical specimens in the British Museum. Vol. I. Tenthredinidae and Siricidae. London: British Museum :xxviii + 450 pp., pls i-vi. (distribution); 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. (distribution). - As Liliacina illuminata: - Smith, 1971Smith, D.R. 1971. The neotropical sawflies described by Norton and Cresson, with lectotype designations (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 97 (4):521-535.:527 (comb. nov.). - As Stromboceridea illuminata: - Maes, 1990Maes, J.-M. 1990. Catalogo de los Hymenoptera de Nicaragua. I. Symphyta. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 13:21-24. (distribution); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (distribution).