MICROWEISEINAE, Leng, 1920

Peck, Stewart B., 2009, The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2009 (106), pp. 1-34 : 18

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352656

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scientific name

MICROWEISEINAE
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SUBFAMILY MICROWEISEINAE

TRIBE STETHORINI

Stethorus caribus Gordon and Chapin 1983: 24 . Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Hispaniola, Nevis, Puerto Rico. St. Eustatius, St. Lucia View in CoL ; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Predaceous on sugarcane thrips ( Fulmekiola serrata View in CoL ) and probably on Acarina on Barbados.

TRIBE SCYMNINI

Nephaspis equuleus Gordon 1996: 32 . Distribution. St. Lucia ; single island endemic.

TRIBE DIOMINI

Diomus roseicollis (Mulsant) 1853: 270 ( Scymnus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445 ( Scymnus ); Gordon 1999: 74. Distribution. Antigua, Bahamas (Nassau), Barbados, Bequia, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, 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Puerto Rico, St. John, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Thomas, St. Vincent , Vieques (island records from USNM, mostly unpublished).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-pest insects Aleurocanthus woglumi , Coccus viridis , Geococcus coffeae , Lepidosaphes beckii , Aspidiotus destructor , Aleurodicus cocos , A. dispersus , Planococcus sp. P. citri ., Ferrisia virgata and Phenacoccus gossypii .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Coccinellidae

Loc

MICROWEISEINAE

Peck, Stewart B. 2009
2009
Loc

Nephaspis equuleus

Gordon, R. D. 1996: 32
1996
Loc

Stethorus caribus

Gordon, R. D. & E. A. Chapin 1983: 24
1983
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