Joppidium apicale Cresson, 1872:160, ♀. Holotype ♀, Comal Co; Townes & Townes, 1962Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1962. Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico: 3. Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Mesostenini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (3):1-602.:315, Type ♀ (Philadelphia); Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino, 2005Kasparyan, D.R. & E. Ruíz-Cancino 2005. Cryptini de México (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae). Parte I. :1-286.:128, Type ♀ (Mus. Filadelfia). - Dalla Torre, 1901-1902Dalla Torre, C.G. 1901-1902. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. — Volumen III: Trigonalidae, Megalyridae, Stephanidae, Ichneumonidae, Agriotypidae, Evaniidae, Pelecinidae. Pars II. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. VIII + 1141. (distribution); Townes & Townes, 1962Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1962. Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico: 3. Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Mesostenini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (3):1-602. (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); Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino, 2005Kasparyan, D.R. & E. Ruíz-Cancino 2005. Cryptini de México (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae). Parte I. :1-286. (distribution).
Joppidium ruficeps Walsh, 1873:70, ♂♀. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, July; Townes & Townes, 1962Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1962. Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico: 3. Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Mesostenini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (3):1-602.:315, Types ♂, ♀, destroyed in Chicago fire of 1871. - Townes & Townes, 1962Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1962. Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico: 3. Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Mesostenini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (3):1-602.:315 ( listed as synonym of Joppidium apicale Cresson, 1872); 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.:458 ( listed as synonym of Joppidium apicale Cresson, 1872).