SUBFAMILYSTICHOLOTIDINAE, Weise, 1901

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 139-140

SUBFAMILYSTICHOLOTIDINAE

TRIBEMICROWEISEINI

Coccidophilus cariba Gordon 1978: 206 ; Duverger 2001b: no pagination; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Antigua, Curaçao, Dominica, Guadeloupe**, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts; widespread Antillesendemic.

Coccidophilus citricola Brèthes 1905: 76 (in Discolomidae ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 474: Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 89; Gordon 1977: 203; Thomas et al. 2013: 24. Distribution. Caymans, Dominica. Trinidad, Guyana, Argentina; the Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Predator on scales such as Pseudaulacaspispentagona (Targioni) , Asterolecanium sp. , and Aspidiotus destructor Signoret.

Coccidophilus nigra Duverger 1986: 220 ; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Sarapidus ** sp.; Duverger 2001b: no pagination. Distribution. Guadeloupe.

TRIBESERANGIINI

Delphastus barti Duverger 1986: 221 ; Duverger 2001b: no pagination; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Martinique **; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Delphastus diversipes (Champion) 1913: 126 ( Lioscymnus ); Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 89; Gordon 1994a: 125 (which does not give West Indian records, so the following island records could be suspect). Distribution. Curaçao, Jamaica, St. Eustatius. Mexico to Honduras, Trinidad; widespread Antillesand Latin America .

Delphastus nebulosus Chapin 1940b: 264 ; Gordon 1994a: 102; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 278; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Lucas 2012: 94. = Delphastus barti Duverger 1986: 221 of Guadeloupe; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Barbados, Guadeloupe, Guana, Martinique, Montserrat, PuertoRico, St. Croix; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Predator on Orthesia insignis Browne and aleurodids on citrus on Barbados. Ryckewaert and Alauzet (2002: 119) report this as a predator of minor importance for control of the pest whitefly Bemisia argentifolii Bellows and Perring (Homoptera, Aleyrodidae ) of Martinique. Plate 34.

Delphastus undescribed species, Daltry 2009: 67. Distribution. St. Lucia; single island endemic. Notes. Aspecies near D. nebulosus Chapin. Daltry 2009: 67 lists another undetermined species from St. Lucia.

Delphastus pallidus (LeConte) 1878: 400 ( Oeneis ); Gordon 1985: 62; Lucas 2012: 88, 89, 91. Distribution. Anguilla * (R. Gordon det.), Barbados * (R. Gordon det.), Martinique. USA (FL); the Lesser Antilles and North and/or Central America . Notes. Ryckewaert and Alauzet (2002: 119) report this as a predator of minor importance for control of the pest whitefly Bemisia argentifolii Bellows and Perring (Homoptera, Aleyrodidae ) of Martinique.

Delphastus pusillus (LeConte) 1852: 135 ( Oeneis ); Gordon1985: 64; Lucas 2012: 88, 91. Distribution. Martinique. Widespread; USA, Mexico , Central America , South Americato Peru; widespread New World.

TRIBECEPHALOSCYMNINI

Prodilis ?coelestis ** Gorham 1897: 223, Duverger 2001b: no pagination. Distribution. Guadeloupe. Central America : the Lesser Antillesand North and/or Central America .

Prodilis undescribed species, Ivieet al. 2008b: 251. Distribution. Montserrat; Lesser Antillesendemic? Notes. Perhaps the above species.

TRIBESTGICHOLOTINI

Mesopilo soufrierensis Duverger 2001a: 96 ; Gordon 1994c: 232, key to genera. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic. Plate 34.

Neaptera korschefskyi (Duverger) 1986: 223 ( Nexophallus ): Gordon 1991: 314; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Guadeloupe; single island endemic.

Neaptera viola Gordon 1991: 314 ; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251. Distribution. Guadeloupe, Montserrat; Lesser Antillesendemic.

Prodrilis sp., R. Gordon det., new genus record, new species record. Distribution. Grenada *; single island endemic?