MICROWEISEINAE, Leng, 1920

Peck, Stewart B., 2010, The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2010 (144), pp. 1-77 : 40-41

SUBFAMILY MICROWEISEINAE

TRIBE DIOMINI

Diomus ochroderus (Mulsant) 1850: 951 ( Scymnus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 484 ( Scymnus ); Gorham 1898b: 341 ( Scymnus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 83 ( Scymnus ); Bennett and Alam 1985: 25; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 278; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guana, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Barthélemy, St. Vincent; widespread West Indies; not known from mainland South America ; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Predaceous on Barbados on the plant pests Orthezia insignis , Sipha flava , Toxoptera aurantii , Aphis spp. , Aleurothrixus floccosus , Aleurodicus cocois and A. dispersus .

Diomus roseicollis (Mulsant) 1853: 270 ( Scymnus ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480; Gorham 1898b: 342 ( Scymnus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445; Ramos 1946: 36; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 84; Gordon 1999: 74; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 278; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251; Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 27; Perez- 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. Central America , South America , USA (southern FL); widespread New World. Notes. Predaceous on Barbados on the plant pests Aleurocanthus woglumi , Coccus viridis , Geococcus coffeae , Lepidosaphes beckii , Aspidiotus destructor , Aleurodicus cocois , A. dispersus , Planococcus sp. , P.citri , Ferrisia virgata and Phenacoccus gossypii .

Diomus thoracicus (Fabricius) 1801: 378 ( Coccinella ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 484 ( Scymnus ); Gorham 1898b: 341; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 84; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 91; Bennett and Alam 1985: 26; Gordon 1999: 76. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Montserrat, Mustique, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Vincent, Union. USA (southern FL), Mexico to Trinidad to Peru; widespread New World. Notes. Predaceous on Barbados on Sipha flava , Aleurocanthus woglumi , Coccus viridis , Geococcus coffeae , Lepidosaphes beckii , Pulvinaria urbicola and Aphis spp.