Mesoleptus pulcherrimus Cresson, 1868:101, Rohwer, 1920Rohwer, S.A. 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribes Labenini, Rhyssini, Xoridini, Odontomerini, and Phytodietini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:405-474.:462, Type (Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, No. 1509); Kasparyan, 2007Kasparyan, D.R. 2007. Review of Mexican species of the genus Phytodietus Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 16 (1):49-58.:53, Type ♂ (ANSP). - As Phytodietus pulcherrimus: - Rohwer, 1920Rohwer, S.A. 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribes Labenini, Rhyssini, Xoridini, Odontomerini, and Phytodietini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:405-474. (distribution). - As Phytodietus rufipes pulcherrimus: - Kasparyan, 2007Kasparyan, D.R. 2007. Review of Mexican species of the genus Phytodietus Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 16 (1):49-58. (distribution).
Ctenopelma pulchra Ashmead, 1896:198, Rohwer, 1920Rohwer, S.A. 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribes Labenini, Rhyssini, Xoridini, Odontomerini, and Phytodietini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:405-474.:462, Type (U.S.N.M., No. 22161). - Rohwer, 1920Rohwer, S.A. 1920. The North American Ichneumon-flies of the tribes Labenini, Rhyssini, Xoridini, Odontomerini, and Phytodietini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57:405-474.:462 ( listed as synonym of Phytodietus pulcherrimus (Cresson, 1868)).