SUBFAMILYCYBOCEPHALINAE, Jacquelin du Val, 1858

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 128

SUBFAMILYCYBOCEPHALINAE

This group has recently been shown to be distinctly different from the Nitidulidae (Cline et al. 2010) .

Akey to species occurring in the West Indies and Trinidad is in Smith and Cave (2007) and six species are known from the region. Adults and larvae are predaceous on sternorrhynchous hemiptera, especially the scale insect family Diaspididae .

Cybocephalus antilleus Smith in Smith and Cave 2007: 166. Distribution. Dominica; singleisland endemic.

Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga 1971: 244 ; Smith and Cave 2007: 170; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 35; Thomaset al. 2013: 28. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Caymans, Nevis, St. Kitts. Eastern North America , Asia, southern Europe, Micronesia, South Africa; introduced to the Lesser Antilles? Notes. Reported feeding on at least 14 species of armoredscales worldwide and on Aspidiotus destructor Signoret and Aspidotus yasumatsui Signoret in the West Indies. It was introduced to Barbados from Florida and helps control scales on cycads.