Mesostenus tarsatus Cresson, 1865:27, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Cuba (Ent. Soc. Philad); Pratt, 1945Pratt, H.D. 1945. Taxonomic studies of nearctic Cryptini (Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera). The American Midland Naturalist 34 (3):549-661.:625, Type lost. - Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); 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); Pratt, 1945Pratt, H.D. 1945. Taxonomic studies of nearctic Cryptini (Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera). The American Midland Naturalist 34 (3):549-661.:622 ( listed as synonym of Cryptus albitarsis albitarsis (Cresson, 1864)). - As Agonocryptus tarsatus: - 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.). - As Digonocryptus tarsatus: - Rodríguez Velázquez & Mestre Novoa, 2002Rodríguez Velázquez, D. & Mestre Novoa, N. 2002. Lista de los Collembola e Insecta (Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Mantodea, Diptera e Hymenoptrera) de la Sierra de los Organos, Pinar del Río (Arthropoda: Hexapoda). Cocuyo 12:6-10. (distribution); Maceira et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional La Bayamesa. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 13. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-242. (distribution); Aguiar & Santos, 2012Aguiar, A.P. & B.F. Santos 2012. Additions to the revision of Digonocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with nine new taxa, new males, and distribution maps for all known species. Zootaxa 3282:1-41. (distribution); Santos & Hoppe, 2018Santos, B.F. & J.P.M. Hoppe 2018. Filling gaps in species distributions through the study of biological collections: 415 new distribution records for Neotropical Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 62 (4):288-291. (distribution). - As Digonocyrtus tarsatus: - 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); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution).