Apanteles electræ Viereck, 1912:145, ♂♀. Holotype, San Diego, California, bred May 20, 1911 (U.S.N.M., No. 14321); Muesebeck, 1921Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1921. A revision of the North American species of Ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576.:554, Types (United States National Museum); Fernández et al., 2020Fernández-Triana, J.L., M.R. Shaw, C. Boudreault, M. Beaudin & G.R. Broad 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920:1-1089.:298, Holotype ♀, examined (USNM). - Muesebeck, 1921Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1921. A revision of the North American species of Ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576. (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). - As Cotesia electrae: - Coronado-Blanco, 2011Coronado-Blanco, J. M. 2011. Braconidae (Hymenoptera) de Tamaulipas, México. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México. 1-204. (distribution); Fernández et al., 2020Fernández-Triana, J.L., M.R. Shaw, C. Boudreault, M. Beaudin & G.R. Broad 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920:1-1089. (distribution).