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Brachymeria panamensis Holmgren, 1868:437, sex not indicated.Panama. - Kirby, 1883Kirby, W.F. 1883. Remarks on the genera of the subfamily Chalcidinae, with synonymic notes and descriptions of new species of Leucospidinae and Chalcidinae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 17:53-78.:68 ( listed as synonym of Chalcis flavipes Ashmead, 1885); 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.:99 ( listed as synonym of Chalcis ovata Say, 1824); Ashmead, 1904Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America. Mem. Carneg. Mus. 1 (4):i-xi, 225-551.:408 ( listed as synonym of Chalcis annulata Fabricius, 1793). - As Chalcis panamensis: - González-Hernández, 2004González-Hernández, A. 2004. Actualización del catálogo de autoridades taxonómicas: Hymenoptera-Parasítica. Depto. de Zoología de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, UANL. Base de datos SNIB-Conabio proyecto BE008. México. D.F. :. ( listed as synonym of Brachymeria ovata (Say, 1824)).
Chalcis ovata abiesae Girault, 1917:19, ♀. Types, Summerdale, California (U. S. National Museum, No. 20099, leg. H.E. Burke). Synonymized with Brachymeria ovata (Say, 1824) by Burks, 1960Burks, B.D. 1960. A revision of the genus Brachymeria Westwood in America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 86 (3):225-273.:259. - 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.:873 ( listed as synonym of Brachymeria ovata (Say, 1824)); González-Hernández, 2004González-Hernández, A. 2004. Actualización del catálogo de autoridades taxonómicas: Hymenoptera-Parasítica. Depto. de Zoología de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, UANL. Base de datos SNIB-Conabio proyecto BE008. México. D.F. :. (distribution). - As Chalcis abiesae: - González-Hernández, 2004González-Hernández, A. 2004. Actualización del catálogo de autoridades taxonómicas: Hymenoptera-Parasítica. Depto. de Zoología de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, UANL. Base de datos SNIB-Conabio proyecto BE008. México. D.F. :. ( listed as synonym of Brachymeria ovata (Say, 1824)). - As Chalcis ovata abesiae: - Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1664 ( listed as synonym of Brachymeria ovata (Say, 1824)).