SCYMNIINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2011 (178), pp. 1-57 : 26

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scientific name	SCYMNIINAE
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SUBFAMILY SCYMNIINAE

TRIBE SCYMNINI

Clitostethus dispar Siccard 1929: 530 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 444; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 82. Distribution. Curaçao, Dominica, St. Martin. Trinidad, Guyana; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Predator on aphids: Aleurodicus spp.

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant 1853: 268 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445; Bennett and Alam 1985: 25; Gordon and Hillburn 1990: 271; Duverger 2001; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Pérez-Gelabert 2008: 109. Distribution. Barbados, Hispaniola, Martinique (record of Pierre-Damien Lucas), Montserrat, Puerto Rico. Bermuda, USA, Central America View in CoL ; introduced to New World; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to Australia. Notes. Called the mealybug destroyer ( Wolcott 1950: 207 ). Introduced to New World from Australia as biocontrol agent against Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) View in CoL Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell) View in CoL , Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti) View in CoL .