Physothorax pallidus Ashmead, 1900:254, ♂♀. 3 ♂♂ (one apterous), 10 ♀♀, St. Vincent, W. I., and Cocoanut Grove, South Florida, Lectotype ♀ (U.S.N.M., No. 6427), designated by Burks, 1969Burks, B.D. 1969. Redefinitions of two genera of Chalcidoids from figs, with new Florida species (Hymenoptera). The Florida Entomologist 52 (2):115-122.:117. - 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); Burks, 1969Burks, B.D. 1969. Redefinitions of two genera of Chalcidoids from figs, with new Florida species (Hymenoptera). The Florida Entomologist 52 (2):115-122. (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); Grissell, 1995Grissell, E.E. 1995. Toryminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Torymidae) a redefinition, generic classification, and annotated world catalog of species. Memoirs on Entomology, International 2:1-470. (distribution); Noyes, 2019Noyes, J.S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. :. (distribution).