Smiera pallens Cresson, 1865:96, sex not indicated. 4 specimens, Cuba (Ent. Soc. Philad); Burks, 1940Burks, B.D. 1940. Revision of the chalcid-flies of the tribe Chalcidini in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88:237-354.:319, Allotype ♂, The allotype is labeled 'variety' and may eventually be shown to represent another species (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1793.3); Burks, 1940Burks, B.D. 1940. Revision of the chalcid-flies of the tribe Chalcidini in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88:237-354.:319, Holotype ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1793.1). - As Conura palens: - Portuondo Ferrer, 2010Portuondo Ferrer, E. 2010. Composición de la familia Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) en Cuba. Cocuyo 18:48-54. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer, 2012Portuondo Ferrer, E. 2012. Hospederos de Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) en Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 51:261-271. (distribution). - As Conura palens: - Portuondo Ferrer, 2010Portuondo Ferrer, E. 2010. Composición de la familia Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) en Cuba. Cocuyo 18:48-54. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer, 2012Portuondo Ferrer, E. 2012. Hospederos de Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) en Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 51:261-271. (distribution). - As Conura pallens: - Arias & Delvare, 2003Arias, D.C. & G. Delvare 2003. Lista de los géneros y especies de la familia Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) de la región Neotropical. Biota Colombiana 4 (2):123-145. (distribution); Noyes, 2019Noyes, J.S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. :. (distribution). - As Smicra palens: - Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution). - As Smicra palens: - Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution). - As Smicra pallens: - Walker, 1871Walker, F. 1871. . In: (Ed.). Notes on Chalcidiae. Part III. Torymidae and Chalcididae. 37-54. (distribution); Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Synopsis of the North American species belonging to the genera Leucospis, Smicra and Chalcis. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:29-60. (distribution); Howard, 1885Howard, L.O. 1885. Descriptions of North American Chalcididae from the collections of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and of Dr. C. V. Riley. Bulletin of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 5:3-47. (distribution); Buysson & Marshall, 1892du Buysson, R. & T.A. Marshall 1892. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Annales de la Société Entomoloqique de France 61:53-76, pls. 3-4. (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). - As Smiera palens: - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp.:196 (corrected to pallens). - As Smiera palens: - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp.:196 (corrected to pallens). - As Spilochalcis palens: - Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution). - As Spilochalcis palens: - Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution). - As Spilochalcis pallens: - 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).