Bracon ligator Say, 1824:323, ♀. ♀, Pennsylvania. - Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323. (distribution). - As Wroughtonia ligator: - Marsh, 1974Marsh, P.M. 1974. New combinations and new synonyms in North American Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 76:285-289.:287 (comb. nov.); 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).
Helcon dentipes Brullé, 1846:479, ♀. Holotype ♀, Amérique septentrionale (leg. Baslard). - Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. - IV: Braconidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VIII + 323. (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.:183 ( listed as synonym of Wroughtonia ligator (Say, 1824)).
Helcon albitarsis Cresson, 1873:83, ♂.Virginia; Illinois, This may be the male of dentipes. - Cresson, 1873Cresson, E.T. 1873. Descriptions of North American Hymenoptera, No. 7. The Canadian Entomologist 5:82-85. (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.:183 ( listed as synonym of Wroughtonia ligator (Say, 1824)).