MICROWEISEINAE, Leng, 1920

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

SUBFAMILY MICROWEISEINAE

TRIBE DIOMINI

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; Pérez-Gelabert 2008: 109. 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Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Vieques (island records from USNM, mostly unpublished).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. disperses Russell , Planococcus sp , P. citri (Risso) , Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) and Phenacoccus gossypii Townsend and Cockerell.