Hedychrum viride Cresson, 1865:306, sex not indicated. 2 specimen, Colorado Territory, 1864 (leg. Mr. James Ridings); Kimsey, 2006Kimsey, L.S. 2006. California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London. 1-311.:51, Lectotype ♀ (ANSP). - Norton, 1879Norton, E. 1879. On the Chrysides of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 7:233-242. (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 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1226 ( listed as synonym of Hedychridium fletcheri Bodenstein, 1951); Kimsey, 2006Kimsey, L.S. 2006. California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London. 1-311.:51 ( listed as synonym of Hedychridium fletcheri Bodenstein, 1951). - As Holopyga viridis: - Dalla Torre, 1892Dalla Torre, C.G. 1892. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VI: Chrysididae (Tubulifera). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-118. (distribution).
Hedychridium fletcheri Bodenstein, 1951:720 Replacement name for Hedychrum viride Cresson, 1865 by Muesebeck et al., 1951Muesebeck, C.F.W., K.V. Krombein & H.K. Townes 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - Synoptic catalog. U.S. Dept. Agr. Monog. 2:1-1420.:720 (preocc. by Guérin, 1842). - 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 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Kimsey, 2006Kimsey, L.S. 2006. California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London. 1-311. (distribution).