Chaonia pallida Cresson, 1865:61, ♂. Holotype ♂, Cuba (Dr. J. Gundlach); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:8, Type (Gundlach, No. 388). - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution). - As Hymenochaonia pallida: - Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323. (distribution), 254 (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). - As Macrocentrus pallidus: - Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Mestre Novoa et al., 2009Mestre Novoa, N., N. Novoa Fernández, A. Lozada Piña, R. Núñez, H. Grillo Ravelo, D. Rodríguez Velázquez, R. Rodríguez-León Merino, M. Hidalgo-Gato González, I. Fernández García, E. Pozo Velázquez & P. Herrera Oliver 2009. Insectos de interés agrícola presentes en Topes de Collantes, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. Centro Agrícola 36 (1):53-65. (distribution).