Hedychrum violaceum Brullé, 1846:51, ♂. ♂, l'Amérique septentrionale (M. Serville). - Norton, 1879Norton, E. 1879. On the Chrysides of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:233-242. (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), 458 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1892Dalla Torre, C.G. 1892. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VI: Chrysididae (Tubulifera). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-118. (distribution); Krombein, 1958Krombein, K.V. 1958. Biology and taxonomy of the cuckoo-wasps of coastal North Carolina (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 84 (2):141-168. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (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 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution).
Hedychrum Wiltii Cresson, 1865:305, no.Colorado Territory, 1864 (leg. Mr. James Ridings). - Norton, 1879Norton, E. 1879. On the Chrysides of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:233-242. (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.:458 ( listed as synonym of Hedychrum violaceum Brullé, 1846); 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 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution).
Hedychrum Louisianiæ Norton, 1879:238, ♂. 2 ♂♂, Louisiana (Norton and Am. Ent. Soc.). - 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.:458 ( listed as synonym of Hedychrum violaceum Brullé, 1846); 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 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution).
Hedychrum affinissimum Bischoff, 1910:444 Synonymized with Hedychrum violaceum Brullé, 1846 by 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 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1226.