SUBFAMILYCOCCINELLINAE, Latreille, 1807

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 145-146

SUBFAMILYCOCCINELLINAE

TRIBECOCCINELLINI

Clynis humilis (Mulsant) 1850: 1023 ( Cleis ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 454; Bennettand Simmonds 1964: 94 ( Mulsantina ); Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. St. Vincent. Trinidad; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .

Coccinella septempunctata (L.) 1785: 365; Gordon 1985: 795; Lucas 2012: 88, 91; 94. Distribution. Martinique (established; introduced from Europe); introduced to the Lesser Antilles? Widespread, native to Palaearctic; introduced frequently to USA for control of aphids.

Coelophora inaequalis (Fabricius) 1775: 80 ( Coccinella ); Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Duverger 2001b: no pagination; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 109; Lucas 2012: 89, 91, 94; Daltry 2009: 67. Distribution. Cuba, Guadeloupe **, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. Barthélemy **, St. Lucia. USA (FL, HI); introduced to the Lesser Antilles? Notes. Introduced as a biocontrol agent from Australia in 1894 ( Wolcott 1951: 312 ). Plate 33.

Coleomegilla innotata Mulsant 1850: 24 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 453; Duverger 2001b: no pagination. Distribution. Puerto Rico, St. Vincent **. Note. An undetermined species in this genus is reported by Daltry (2009: 67) on St. Lucia.

Coleomegilla maculata (Degeer) 1775: 392 ( Coccinella ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 482 ( Megilla ); Gorham 1898b: 339; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 453; Tucker 1952: 344; Bennettand Simmonds 1964: 93; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Bennettand Alam 1985: 25; Duverger 2001b: no pagination; Lucas 2012: 88, 89, 91, 94. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Mustique*, St. Croix, St. Martin-St. Maarten**, St. Vincent. USA, Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad to Argentina; widespread New World. Notes. Predaceous on aphids ( Aphis spp. ), eggs of Spodoptera spp. and on other soft bodied insects on Barbados. Plate 33.

Cycloneda delauneyi (Fleutiaux and Sallé) 1890: 483 ( Neda ); Gorham 1898b: 340; Blackwelder 1944- 1957: 452; Bennettand Simmonds 1964: 92; Duverger 2001b: no pagination; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique **; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Cycloneda sanguinea (L.) 1763: 10 ( Coccinella ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 483 ( Neda ); Gorham 1898b: 339; Lengand Mutchler 1917: 200; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 452; Ramos 1946: 37; Tucker 1952: 344; Bennettand Simmonds 1964: 93; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 90; Cooter 1983: 185; Bennettand Alam 1985: 25; Cooter 1983; Duverger 2001b: no pagination; Vandenberg 2002: 228; Valentineand Ivie 2005: 278; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 27; Lucas 2012: 88, 89, 91, 94; Thomas et al. 2013: 24. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bequia, Carriacou, Caymans, Cuba, Culebra, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. Croix, St. Lucia, St. Martin-St. Maarten**, St. Vincent, Union, Vieques. USA through Central America to Trinidad, to Argentina and Chile; widespread New World. Notes. The subspecies Cycloneda sanguinea limbifer Casey 1899: 92 is widespread in the West Indies as far south as St. Lucia (Vandenberg 2002: 232). Ageneral predator on Barbados; predaceous on Sipha flava (Forbes) , Aphis spp. , Toxoptera auranti (Boyer de Fonscolombe) , Myzuspersicae Sulzer , Saccharosydne saccharivora (Westwood) , Orthezia spp. , Diatraeasaccharalis (Fabricius) , Spodoptera spp. , Anornis spp., and the moths Pseudoplusia includens (Walker) , Trichoplusia ni Hübner, Plutella xylostella (L.), and Heliothis spp. Plate 33.

[ Hipppodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville 1829 -1844: 321; Gordon 1985: 741; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 109. Distribution. Cuba, Hispaniola, PuertoRico (introduced, Wolcott 1951: 314 ); WestIndies; no explicit the Lesser Antilles records. Mexico to Honduras, USA. Notes. The convergent lady beetle. Plate 34.]

TRIBEHALYZINI

Psyllobora lineola Fabricius 1792: 283 ; Fleutiauxand Sallé 1890: 482; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 455; Ramos 1946: 37; Bennettand Simmonds 1964: 94; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 91; Duverger 2001b: no pagination ( Exoplectra ); Valentineand Ivie 2005: 278; Ivieet al. 2008b: 251; Lucas 2012: 88, 91, 94. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Guana, Jamaica, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Barthélemy **, St. Croix; widespread Antillesendemic.

Psyllobora nana Mulsant 1850: 181 ; Ramos 1946: 37; Wolcott 1951: 314 ; Chapin 1957: 89; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 94; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 91; Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 28; Thomas et al. 2013: 25. Distribution. Cuba, Bahamas, Caymans, Dominica, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Mona, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas. USA (FL), Surinam; widespread New World? Plate 35.

Psyllobora parvinotata Casey 1899: 101 ; Gordon 1985: 861; Lucas 2012: 94; Daltry 2009: 67. Distribution. Barbados, St. Lucia. USA (FL-LA); widespread Antillesand North and/or Central America ? Notes. The Caribbean distribution of this species seems not to have been summarized. Plate 35.

Psyllobora punctella Mulsant 1850: 173 ; Gorham 1898b: 339; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 455; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 94; Duverger 2001b: no pagination; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Bequia, Mustique, Grenada, St. Vincent. Trinidad; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America .