SCYMNINAE, Mulsant, 1846

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 74-75

SUBFAMILY SCYMNINAE

TRIBE SCYMNINI

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant 1853: 268 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445; Bennett and Alam 1985: 25; Gordon and Hillburn 1990: 271; Duverger 2001 b: no pagination; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 109; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Antigua**, Barbados, Guadeloupe **, Hispaniola, Marie- Galante **, Martinique**, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy**, St. Kitts**, St. Martin**. Bermuda, USA, Central America ; introduced to Lesser Antilles; native to Australia; introduced as biocontrol agent against Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) , Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell) , Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti) . Notes. Called the mealybug destroyer ( Wolcott 1951: 207 ).

TRIBE DIOMINI

Diomus ochroderus (Mulsant) 1850: 951 ( Scymnus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 484 ( Scymnus ); Gorham 1898b: 341; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 83; Bennett and Alam 1985: 25; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 278; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Vincent; widespread West Indies; not known from mainland South America ; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Predaceous on Barbados on the plant pests Orthezia insignis Browne , Sipha flava (Forbes) , Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) , Aphis spp. , Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell) , Aleurodicus cocois Curtis and A. dispersus Russell. What may be this species is reported as Diomus sp. Bennett and Alam 1985: 25 on Barbados as predaceous on Icerya purchasi Maskell and Diomus sp. nr. ochroderus (Mulsant) by Bennett and Alam 1985: 25; Tucker 1952: 344 as predaceous on Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) .

Diomus roseicollis (Mulsant) 1853: 270 ( Scymnus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480; Gorham 1898b: 342 ( Scymnus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445 ( Scymnus ); Ramos 1946: 36 ( Scymnus ); Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 84; Gordon 1999: 74; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 278; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 27; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 109; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bequia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Vieques (island records from USNM, mostly unpublished). Central America , South America , USA (southern FL); widespread New World. Notes. Predaceous on Barbados on the plant pests Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby , Coccus viridis (Green) , Geococcus coffeae Green , Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman) , Aspidiotus destructor Signoret , Aleurodicus cocois Curtis , A. dispersus Russell , Planococcus sp. , Planococcus citri (Risso) , Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) and Phenacoccus gossypii Townsend and Cockerell.

Diomus thoracicus (Fabricius) 1801: 378 ( Coccinella ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 484 ( Scymnus ); Gorham 1898b: 341 ( Scymnus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 84; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 91; Bennett and Alam 1985: 26; Gordon 1999: 76; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent, Union. USA (southern FL), Mexico to Trinidad to Peru; widespread New World. Notes. Predaceous on Barbados on Sipha flava Forbes , Aleurocanthus woglumi , Coccus viridis , Geococcus coffeae , Lepidosaphes beckii , Pulvinaria urbicola Cockerell , and Aphis spp.

TRIBE PENTILIINI

Pentilia egena Mulsant 1850: 502 ; Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 484; Wolcott 1950: 310 ; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 90; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico (introduced). Panama, Trinidad, Brazil; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Predator on Planococcus citri (Risso) .