Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839:264, ♂.Cayenne (Mus. reg. Berol.), Lectotype ♂, examined (MNHU, Berlin), designated by Bouček, 1974Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bull. Brit. Mus (Nat. Hist.) Entomology Suppl. 23:1-241.:92; Rodrigues Lima & Guimarães Dias, 2018Rodrigues Lima, A. & P. Guimarães Dias 2018. The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 4441 (1):1-45.:9, Lectotype ♂ (MNHU, Berlin). - Schletterer, 1890Schletterer, A. 1890. Die Gruppe der Hymenopteren-Gattungen Leucospis Fab., Polistomorpha Westw. und Marres Walk. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 35 (2):141-302. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598. (distribution); Ashmead, 1904Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America. Mem. Carneg. Mus. 1 (4):i-xi, 225-551. (distribution); Weld, 1922Weld, C.J. 1922. Studies on chalcid-flies of the subfamily Leucospidinae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-40, 1 pl. (distribution); Bouček, 1974Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bull. Brit. Mus (Nat. Hist.) Entomology Suppl. 23:1-241. (distribution); De Santis, 1981De Santis, L. 1981. Catalogo de los himenopteros calcidoideos de America al Sur de los Estados Unidos. - Primer suplemento. Revista Peruana de Entomologia 24 (1):1-38. (distribution); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (distribution); Cooperband et al., 1999Cooperband, M.F., R.A. Wharton, G.W. Frankie & S. Bradleigh Vinson 1999. New host and distribution records for Leucospis (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae) associated primarily with nests of Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) in the dry forests of Costa Rica. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 8 (2):154-164. (distribution), 162 (hosts [Centris tarsata, C. bicornuta, C. nitida, C. analis and C. vittata]); Ruíz et al., 2004Ruíz Cancino, E., J.M. Coronado Blanco, S.N. Myartseva & J.F. Luna Salas 2004. Adenda a Chalcidoidea (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. 725-734. (distribution); Pujade-Villar & Caicedo, 2010Pujade-Villar, J. & G. Caicedo 2010. Descripción de una nueva especie colombiana de Leucospidae: Leucospis vallicaucaensis n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Dugesiana 17 (2):137-142. (distribution); Rodrigues Lima & Guimarães Dias, 2018Rodrigues Lima, A. & P. Guimarães Dias 2018. The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 4441 (1):1-45. (distribution); Noyes, 2019Noyes, J.S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. :. (distribution). - As Metallopsis cayennensis:
Leucospis Mexicana Walker, 1862:20, ♀. ♀, Mexico (British Museum, leg. M. Sallé), Lectotype ♀, examined (BMNH), designated by Bouček, 1974Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bull. Brit. Mus (Nat. Hist.) Entomology Suppl. 23:1-241.:93. - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Synopsis of the North American species belonging to the genera Leucospis, Smicra and Chalcis. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:29-60. (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), 76 (listed); Schletterer, 1890Schletterer, A. 1890. Die Gruppe der Hymenopteren-Gattungen Leucospis Fab., Polistomorpha Westw. und Marres Walk. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 35 (2):141-302.:265 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839); Ashmead, 1904Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America. Mem. Carneg. Mus. 1 (4):i-xi, 225-551.:403 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839); Bouček, 1974Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bull. Brit. Mus (Nat. Hist.) Entomology Suppl. 23:1-241. (distribution); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (distribution); González-Hernández, 2004González-Hernández, A. 2004. Actualización del catálogo de autoridades taxonómicas: Hymenoptera-Parasítica. Depto. de Zoología de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, UANL. Base de datos SNIB-Conabio proyecto BE008. México. D.F. :. (distribution); Ruíz et al., 2004Ruíz Cancino, E., J.M. Coronado Blanco, S.N. Myartseva & J.F. Luna Salas 2004. Adenda a Chalcidoidea (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. 725-734. (distribution); Noyes, 2019Noyes, J.S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. :. (distribution).
Leucospis tomentosa Kirby, 1883:70, ♀. 3 ♀♀, St. Thomas; Tapajos, Amazons (British Museum), Lectotype ♀, examined (BMNH), designated by Bouček, 1974Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bull. Brit. Mus (Nat. Hist.) Entomology Suppl. 23:1-241.:92; Rodrigues Lima & Guimarães Dias, 2018Rodrigues Lima, A. & P. Guimarães Dias 2018. The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 4441 (1):1-45.:9, Lectotype ♀ (BMNH, London). - Kirby, 1883Kirby, W.F. 1883. Remarks on the genera of the subfamily Chalcidinae, with synonymic notes and descriptions of new species of Leucospidinae and Chalcidinae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 17:53-78. (distribution); Schletterer, 1890Schletterer, A. 1890. Die Gruppe der Hymenopteren-Gattungen Leucospis Fab., Polistomorpha Westw. und Marres Walk. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 35 (2):141-302.:266 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839); Ashmead, 1904Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America. Mem. Carneg. Mus. 1 (4):i-xi, 225-551.:403 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839); Bouček, 1974Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bull. Brit. Mus (Nat. Hist.) Entomology Suppl. 23:1-241.:92 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1662 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839); Rodrigues Lima & Guimarães Dias, 2018Rodrigues Lima, A. & P. Guimarães Dias 2018. The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 4441 (1):1-45.:9 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839).
Leucospis distinguenda Schletterer, 1890:269, Bouček, 1974Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bull. Brit. Mus (Nat. Hist.) Entomology Suppl. 23:1-241.:92, Holotype ♀, examined (NM, Vienna); Rodrigues Lima & Guimarães Dias, 2018Rodrigues Lima, A. & P. Guimarães Dias 2018. The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 4441 (1):1-45.:9, Holotype ♀ (NM, Vienna). Synonymized with Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839 by Bouček, 1974Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bull. Brit. Mus (Nat. Hist.) Entomology Suppl. 23:1-241.:92. - Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1662 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839); Rodrigues Lima & Guimarães Dias, 2018Rodrigues Lima, A. & P. Guimarães Dias 2018. The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 4441 (1):1-45.:9 ( listed as synonym of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839).