Microgaster americanus Lepeletier, 1825:41, Muesebeck, 1921Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1921. A revision of the North American species of Ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576.:568, The location of the types is not certainly known, but they are probably in a European collection; Fernández et al., 2020Fernández-Triana, J.L., M.R. Shaw, C. Boudreault, M. Beaudin & G.R. Broad 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920:1-1089.:276, Syntypes female and male (depository unknown). - Cresson, 1861Cresson, E.T. 1861. A catalogue of the described species of several families of Hymenoptera inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1:202-211. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution). - As Apanteles americanus: - 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); Muesebeck, 1921Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1921. A revision of the North American species of Ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576. (distribution); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (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 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1-1198. (distribution); Coronado et al., 2004Coronado Blanco, J.M., E. Ruíz Cancino & S.E. Varela Fuentes 2004. Adenda a Braconidae (Hymenoptera). In: Bousquets, J.L., J.J. Morrone, O.Y. Ordóñez & I.V. Fernández (Ed.). Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Volumen IV. 713-720. (distribution). - As Cotesia americana: - Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (distribution); Coronado-Blanco, 2011Coronado-Blanco, J. M. 2011. Braconidae (Hymenoptera) de Tamaulipas, México. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México. 1-204. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Fernández et al., 2020Fernández-Triana, J.L., M.R. Shaw, C. Boudreault, M. Beaudin & G.R. Broad 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920:1-1089. (distribution); Meurgey & Ramage, 2020Meurgey, F. & T. Ramage 2020. Challenging the Wallacean shortfall: A total assessment of insect diversity on Guadeloupe (French West Indies), a checklist and bibliography. Insecta Mundi 786:1-183. (distribution). - As Microgaster americana: - Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323. (distribution).
Microgaster flaviventris Cresson, 1865:66, ♀. 17 ♀♀, Cuba (Ent. Soc. Philad); Muesebeck, 1921Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1921. A revision of the North American species of Ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576.:563, Types (Academy of Sciences at Philadelphia). - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323. (distribution); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (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.:242 ( listed as synonym of Apanteles americanus (Lepeletier, 1825)); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1651 ( listed as synonym of Cotesia americana (Lepeletier, 1825)); Fernández et al., 2020Fernández-Triana, J.L., M.R. Shaw, C. Boudreault, M. Beaudin & G.R. Broad 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920:1-1089.:276 ( listed as synonym of Cotesia americana (Lepeletier, 1825)). - As Apanteles flaviventris: - Riley, 1881Riley, C.V. 1881. Notes on North American Microgasters, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the St. Luis Academy of Science 4:296-315.:314 (comb. nov.); 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); Muesebeck, 1921Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1921. A revision of the North American species of Ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution).
Apanteles mexicanus Ashmead, 1895:545, ♂♀. ♂♂, ♀♀, Tepic and San José del Cabo, 1894 (leg. Messrs, Eisen & Vaslit); Muesebeck, 1921Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1921. A revision of the North American species of Ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576.:568, Type series (National Collection). Synonymized with Apanteles americanus (Lepeletier, 1825) by Muesebeck, 1921Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1921. A revision of the North American species of Ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576.:568. - Ashmead, 1895Ashmead, W.H. 1895. Some parasitic Hymenoptera from Baja California and Tepic, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2nd ser. (v. 5):539-555. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323. (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.:242 ( listed as synonym of Apanteles americanus (Lepeletier, 1825)); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1651 ( listed as synonym of Cotesia americana (Lepeletier, 1825)); Fernández et al., 2020Fernández-Triana, J.L., M.R. Shaw, C. Boudreault, M. Beaudin & G.R. Broad 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920:1-1089.:276 ( listed as synonym of Cotesia americana (Lepeletier, 1825)).