Proctotrupes abrúptus Say, 1836:278, sex not indicated.Indiana. - Cresson, 1862Cresson, E.T. 1862. Catalogue of the described species of North American Hymenoptera (Continued from page 211.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1 (8):227-238. (distribution); Ashmead, 1887Ashmead, W.H. 1887. Studies on the North American Proctotrupidae, with descriptions of new species from Florida. (Part I.). Entomologica Americana 3:73-76, 97-100, 117-119. (distribution); Ashmead, 1893Ashmead, W.H. 1893. A monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 45:1-472. (distribution). - As Cryptoserphus abruptus: - 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 Proctotrypes abrupta: - As Proctotrypes abruptus: - Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598. (distribution).
Megaspilus luceus Provancher, 1883:33 - Ashmead, 1887Ashmead, W.H. 1887. Studies on the North American Proctotrupidae, with descriptions of new species from Florida. (Part I.). Entomologica Americana 3:73-76, 97-100, 117-119. (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.:1126 ( listed as synonym of Cryptoserphus abruptus (Say, 1836)).