Ophion flavo-orbitalis Cameron, 1886:294, ♀. ♀, Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet (leg. Champion); ♀, Mexico, Cordova (leg. Höge); Hooker, 1912Hooker, C.W. 1912. The Ichneumon flies of America belonging to the tribe Ophionini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (1):1-176.:49, Type ♀ (British Museum); Gauld, 1988Gauld, I.D. 1988. A survey of the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of tropical Mesoamerica with special reference to the fauna of Costa Rica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 57 (1):1-309.:47, Lectotype ♀ (British Museum (Natural History)). - Cameron, 1883-1888Cameron, P. 1883-1888. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Families Tenthredinidae-Chrysididae). Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 487 pp., 20 pl.:294 (listed). - As Ophion flavoorbitalis: - 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); Hooker, 1912Hooker, C.W. 1912. The Ichneumon flies of America belonging to the tribe Ophionini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38 (1):1-176. (distribution); Gauld, 1988Gauld, I.D. 1988. A survey of the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of tropical Mesoamerica with special reference to the fauna of Costa Rica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 57 (1):1-309. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan & J.M. Coronado Blanco 2002. Ichneumonidae. In: Llorente Bousquets, J. & J.J. Morrone (Ed.). Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, volumen III. 631-646. (distribution); Castillo et al., 2014Castillo Flores, P.M., E. Ruíz Cancino, J.M. Coronado Blanco, A.I. Khalaim & S.N. Myartseva 2014. Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) en un bosque de Quercus de Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 21 (2):161-174. (distribution).