Brachycentrus fasciatus Ashmead, 1889:413, ♀. Holotype ♀, Texas (Belfrage); 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.:480, Type ♀ (Washington). - As Helcostizus fasciatus: - 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), 395 (comb. nov.). - As Xylophrurus fasciatus fasciatus: - 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).
Cryptoideus rufus Cushman, 1919:538, ♀. Holotype ♀, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (U.S.N.M., No. 21637); 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.:480, Type ♀ (Washington). - 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.:480 ( listed as synonym of Xylophrurus fasciatus fasciatus (Ashmead, 1889)); 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.:465 ( listed as synonym of Xylophrurus fasciatus fasciatus (Ashmead, 1889)).