Arotes vicinus Cresson, 1869:260, ♂.Massachusetts (Am. Ent. Soc.); Cushman & Rohwer, 1920Cushman, R.A. & S.A. Rohwer 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribe Acoenitini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57 (2320):503-523.:520, Type ♂ (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 1432); Townes & Townes, 1960Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1960. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (2):1-676.:573, Type ♂ (Philadelphia). - 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); Cushman & Rohwer, 1920Cushman, R.A. & S.A. Rohwer 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribe Acoenitini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57 (2320):503-523. (distribution). - As Spilopteron vicinum: - Townes & Townes, 1960Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1960. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (2):1-676.:573 (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). - As Spilopteron vicinum vicinum: - Townes & Townes, 1960Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1960. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (2):1-676. (distribution).
Arotes venustus Cresson, 1869:260, ♂♀. ♀, Mass. (Am. Ent. Soc.); ♂, West Virginia (Am. Ent. Soc.); Cushman & Rohwer, 1920Cushman, R.A. & S.A. Rohwer 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribe Acoenitini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57 (2320):503-523.:520, Type ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 1433); Townes & Townes, 1960Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1960. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (2):1-676.:573, Lectotype ♀ (Philadelphia). - 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); Cushman & Rohwer, 1920Cushman, R.A. & S.A. Rohwer 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribe Acoenitini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57 (2320):503-523.:520 ( listed as synonym of Arotes vicinus Cresson, 1869); Townes & Townes, 1960Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1960. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (2):1-676.:573 ( listed as synonym of Spilopteron vicinum vicinum (Cresson, 1869)); 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.:481 ( listed as synonym of Spilopteron vicinum (Cresson, 1869)).
Arotes superbus Provancher, 1874:81, Cushman & Rohwer, 1920Cushman, R.A. & S.A. Rohwer 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribe Acoenitini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57 (2320):503-523.:520, Type (type not located, but probably in Public Museum, Quebec, unlabeled, under the name vicinus); Townes & Townes, 1960Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1960. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (2):1-676.:573, Lectotype ♀ (Quebec). - Cushman & Rohwer, 1920Cushman, R.A. & S.A. Rohwer 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribe Acoenitini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57 (2320):503-523.:520 ( listed as synonym of Arotes vicinus Cresson, 1869); Townes & Townes, 1960Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1960. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (2):1-676.:573 ( listed as synonym of Spilopteron vicinum vicinum (Cresson, 1869)); 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.:481 ( listed as synonym of Spilopteron vicinum (Cresson, 1869)).
Spilopteron vicinum melanderi Townes & Townes, 1960:575, ♂♀. Holotype ♀, 4-mile camp at Priest Lake, Idaho, August 1920 (Cambridge, leg. A.L. Melander). Synonymized with Spilopteron vicinum (Cresson, 1869) by 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.:481. - Townes & Townes, 1960Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1960. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (2):1-676. (distribution).