Smicra rufipes Kirby, 1883:70, sex not indicated.Georgia (British Museum); Burks, 1940Burks, B.D. 1940. Revision of the chalcid-flies of the tribe Chalcidini in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88:237-354.:258, Cotypes 2 ♀♀ (British Museum). - Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598. (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.:864 ( listed as synonym of Chalcis phoenicapoda Burks, 1940).
Chalcis phoenicapoda Burks, 1940:257, ♀ Replacement name for Smicra rufipes Kirby, 1883 by Burks, 1940Burks, B.D. 1940. Revision of the chalcid-flies of the tribe Chalcidini in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88:237-354.:257 (homonym of Chalcis rufipes Olivier). - Burks, 1940Burks, B.D. 1940. Revision of the chalcid-flies of the tribe Chalcidini in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88:237-354. (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).