Caloptenobia ovivora Riley, 1878:306, Ashmead, 1893Ashmead, W.H. 1893. A monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 45:1-472.:244, Types (National Museum); Masner & Muesebeck, 1968Masner, L. & C.F.W. Muesebeck 1968. The Types of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the United States National Museum. 270:1-143.:45, Lectotype ♀ (USNM, no. 2800); Muesebeck, 1972Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1972. Nearctic species of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) that parasitize the eggs of grasshoppers. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 122:1-33.:14, Lectotype (USNM, 2800). - As Scelio ovivora: - Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598. (distribution). - As Scelio ovivorus: - Ashmead, 1893Ashmead, W.H. 1893. A monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 45:1-472. (distribution); Muesebeck, 1972Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1972. Nearctic species of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) that parasitize the eggs of grasshoppers. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 122:1-33. (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).
Scelio pallidicornis Ashmead, 1893:242 (key), 244, ♂. Holotype ♂, Jacksonville, Fla. (Coll. Ashmead); Masner & Muesebeck, 1968Masner, L. & C.F.W. Muesebeck 1968. The Types of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the United States National Museum. 270:1-143.:45, Holotype ♂ (USNM, no. 24546); Muesebeck, 1972Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1972. Nearctic species of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) that parasitize the eggs of grasshoppers. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 122:1-33.:14, Holotype (USNM, 24546). Synonymized with Scelio ovivorus (Riley, 1878) by Muesebeck, 1972Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1972. Nearctic species of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) that parasitize the eggs of grasshoppers. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 122:1-33.:13. - Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598. (distribution).