Tapinaspis wesmaeli (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla Wesmaeli Boheman, 1855: 202 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 169, 1862: 421; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3676 (wesmaëli); Champion, 1894: 190; Spaeth, 1914 g: 133.
Tapinaspis wesmaeli: Spaeth, 1936 a: 260; Blackwelder, 1946: 750; Wilcox, 1975: 158; Noguera, 1988: 303 (incl. photo); Borowiec, 1996 a: 245, 1999 d: 413, 2002 a: 125, 2009 f: 714; Chaboo, 2002 b: 720; Cuignet, 2008: 365, 367 (parasitoids).
Coptocycla Diana Boheman, 1855: 366 (TE in ?), 1856: 187, 1862: 455; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3668; Champion, 1894: 197; Spaeth, 1936 a: 260 (as syn. of wesmaeli).
Plagiometriona Diana: Spaeth, 1914 g: 135; Blackwelder, 1946: 750; Wilcox, 1975: 158.
Tapinaspis wesmaeli ab. diana: Blackwelder, 1946: 750.
Coptocycla incita Boheman, 1855: 369 (TE in ?), 1856: 187, 1862: 456; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3670; Spaeth, 1936 a: 260 (as syn of wesmaeli).
Plagiometriona incita: Spaeth, 1914 g: 135; Blackwelder, 1946: 751.
Tapinaspis wesmaeli ab. incita: Blackwelder, 1946: 750.
Coptocycla puerilis Boheman, 1862: 447 (LT! in NRS!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3672; Spaeth, 1936 a: 260 (as syn. of diana).
Coptocycla wesmaeli var. puerilis: Champion, 1894: 190.
Coptocycla wesmaeli ab. puerilis: Spaeth, 1914 g: 133.
Coptocycla scutigerula Boheman, 1862: 424 (TE in BMNH); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3673; Spaeth, 1936 a: 260 (as syn. of incita).
Coptocycla wesmaeli var. scutigerula: Champion, 1894: 190.
Coptocycla wesmaeli ab. scutigerula: Spaeth, 1914 g: 133.
Host plant: Asteraceae: Liabum caducifolium (Noguera, 1988).
Distr.: wesmaeli: Mexico; dinana: Mexico; incita: Columbia; puerilis: Guatimala; Mexico; scuterigula: Guatimala. Costa Rica: Carrilo, Turrialba; El Salvador: Lake Coatepeque; Guatemala: El Naranjo; Mexico: Chiapas, Esperanza, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Veracruz; Nicaragua: La Estrella, Matagalpa.
figure: habitus in colour (three forms)
previous species: atroannulus