Phaenopria virginica Ashmead, 1893:437 (key), 438, ♂♀. Types, District of Columbia and Arlington, Va. (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.:20, Lectotype ♀ (USNM, no. 2327). - Ashmead, 1893Ashmead, W.H. 1893. A monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 45:1-472. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1898Dalla Torre, C.G. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. Sumptibus Guilelmi Engelmann, VII + 598. (distribution); Kieffer, 1908Kieffer, J.J. 1908. Nouveaux Prototrypidae et Cynipides d'Amérique. Annales de la Societe scientifique de Bruxelles 32:7-64. (distribution); Masner & Muesebeck, 1968Masner, L. & C.F.W. Muesebeck 1968. The Types of Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) in the United States National Museum. 270:1-143.:20 ( listed as synonym of Trichopria virginiensis Masner in Krombein & Burks, 1967).
Trichopria virginiensis Masner in Krombein & Burks, 1967:290, sex not indicated Replacement name for Phaenopria virginica Ashmead, 1893 by Krombein & Burks, 1967Krombein, K.V. & B.D. Burks 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico - synoptic catalog. U.S. Dept. Agr. Monog. 2 (suppl. 2):1-584.:290 (nec Diapria virginica Ashmead, both now in Trichopria).