Omocerus (Paratauroma) casta (Boheman, 1862)
Tauroma casta Boheman, 1862: 54 (HT! in NRS!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3625; Wagener, 1881: 32; Champion, 1893: 131; Klausnitzer, 1981: 161 (colour photo).
Tauroma (Paratauroma) casta: Spaeth, 1913 b: 127; 1914 g: 22; 1931 c: 307.
Omocerus casta: Blackwelder, 1946: 735; Wilcox, 1975: 149; Borowiec, 1996: 207, 1998 b: 163, 2002 a: 105, 2009 f: 689.
Omocera casta: Windsor et al., 1992: 389; Cuignet, 2008: 365, 367 (parasitoids).
Omocera (Paratauroma) casta casta: Viana, 1964 a: 91 (incl. photo).
Omocerus (Paratauroma) casta: Borowiec, 1999 d: 54; Chaboo, 2002 b: 719.
Tauroma (Paratauroma) casta ssp. aequatoriensis Spaeth, 1928 a: 33 (ST! in BMNH, MM!); 1931 c: 307.
Omocerus casta aequatoriensis: Blackwelder, 1946: 735; Wilcox, 1975: 149.
Omocera (Paratauroma) casta aequatoriensis: Viana, 1964 a: 92.
Tauroma azurea Wagener, 1881: 30, 32 (ST! in MM!); Spaeth, 1913 b: 127, 1928 a: 34 (as syn. of casta).
Tauroma (Tauroma) azurea: Spaeth, 1914 g: 21.
Tauroma (Paratauroma) casta azurea: Spaeth, 1931 c: 307.
Omocerus casta ab. azurea: Blackwelder, 1946: 735.
Omocera (Paratauroma) casta azurea: Viana, 1964 a: 92.
Distr.: casta: Costa Rica; aequatoriensis: Ecuador: Paramba, S. Javier; azurea: Venezuela. Colombia; Costa Rica: Guanacaste, La Cruz, Turubares; Ecuador; Guatemala; Nicaragua: Chontales; Panama: Chiriqui, Ft. Kobbe; Venezuela.
figure: habitus in colour (green form from Panama)
figure: habitus in colour (blue form)
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