Ichneumon scelestus Cresson, 1864:148, ♀. ♀, Illinois (leg. Dr. Samuel Lewis); Heinrich, 1961Heinrich, G.H. 1961. Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with particular reference to the northeastern region (Hymenoptera). Part IV. Synopsis of the Ichneumonini: Genera Chasmias, Neamblymorpha, Anisopygus, Limerodops, Eupalamus, Tricholabus, Pseudamblyteles, Eutanyacra, Ctenichneumon, Exephanes, Ectopimorpha, Pseudoamblyteles. The Canadian Entomologist 92 (Supplement 23):369-505.:374, Holotype ♀ (A.N.S.); Heinrich, 1977Heinrich, G.H. 1977. Ichneumoninae of Florida and neighboring states (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, subfamily Ichneumoninae). Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas 9:1-350.:77, Holotype ♀ (ANS). - 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). - As Chasmias scelestus: - Heinrich, 1961Heinrich, G.H. 1961. Synopsis of Nearctic Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae with particular reference to the northeastern region (Hymenoptera). Part IV. Synopsis of the Ichneumonini: Genera Chasmias, Neamblymorpha, Anisopygus, Limerodops, Eupalamus, Tricholabus, Pseudamblyteles, Eutanyacra, Ctenichneumon, Exephanes, Ectopimorpha, Pseudoamblyteles. The Canadian Entomologist 92 (Supplement 23):369-505. (distribution); Heinrich, 1977Heinrich, G.H. 1977. Ichneumoninae of Florida and neighboring states (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, subfamily Ichneumoninae). Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas 9:1-350. (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. (distribution).