Mesostenus insularis Ashmead, 1894:138 - Ashmead, 1894Ashmead, W.H. 1894. Report on the Parasitic Cynipidae, part of the Braconidae, the Ichneumonidae, the Proctotrypidae, and part of the Chalcididae. - Part II. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 25:108-188. (distribution); Ashmead, 1895Ashmead, W.H. 1895. Report on the parasitic Hymenoptera of the island of Grenada, comprising the families Cynipidae, Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, and Prototypidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1895:742-812. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1901-1902Dalla Torre, C.G. 1901-1902. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. — Volumen III: Trigonalidae, Megalyridae, Stephanidae, Ichneumonidae, Agriotypidae, Evaniidae, Pelecinidae. Pars II. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. VIII + 1141. (distribution).
Mesostenus cressonii Ashmead, 1900:351, sex not indicated Replacement name for Mesostenus insularis Ashmead, 1894 by 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.:351 (preoc.). Replacement name for Mesostenus laticinctus Cresson, 1878 by Dalla Torre, 1901-1902Dalla Torre, C.G. 1901-1902. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. — Volumen III: Trigonalidae, Megalyridae, Stephanidae, Ichneumonidae, Agriotypidae, Evaniidae, Pelecinidae. Pars II. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. VIII + 1141.:539 (preoccupied by Walker). - 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); Dalla Torre, 1901-1902Dalla Torre, C.G. 1901-1902. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. — Volumen III: Trigonalidae, Megalyridae, Stephanidae, Ichneumonidae, Agriotypidae, Evaniidae, Pelecinidae. Pars II. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. VIII + 1141. (distribution). - As Agonocryptus cressonii: - Cushman, 1929Cushman, R.A. 1929. A revision of the North American Ichneumon-flies of the genus Mesostenus and related genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 74 (art. 16):1-58.:6 (comb. nov.).