Mesoleptus strigosus Cresson, 1872:167, ♂. Holotype ♂, Texas (G.W. Belfrage); Davis, 1897Davis, G.C. 1897. A review of the Ichneumonid subfamily Tryphoninae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 24 (3/4):193-348.:311, Type ♂, Texas (U. S. Nat. Mus.); Townes & Townes, 1962Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1962. Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico: 3. Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Mesostenini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (3):1-602.:95, Type ♂ (Washington); Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino, 2008Kasparyan, D.R. & E. Ruíz Cancino 2008. Cryptini de México (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) Parte II. Victoría, México. 1-373.:146, Type ♂ (Mus. Washington). - As Gausocentrus strigosus: - Davis, 1897Davis, G.C. 1897. A review of the Ichneumonid subfamily Tryphoninae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 24 (3/4):193-348. (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 Mallochia strigosa: - 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. (distribution), 14 (comb. nov.); Townes & Townes, 1962Townes, H.K. & M. Townes 1962. Ichneumon-flies of America north of Mexico: 3. Subfamily Gelinae, tribe Mesostenini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 216 (3):1-602. (distribution); 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); Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino, 2008Kasparyan, D.R. & E. Ruíz Cancino 2008. Cryptini de México (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) Parte II. Victoría, México. 1-373. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan, J.M. Coronado-Blanco, S.N. Myartseva, V.A. Trjapitzin, S.G. Hernández Aguilar & J. García Jiménez 2010. Himenópteros de la Reserva “El Cielo”, Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 17 (1):53-71. (distribution).