SCYMNINAE, Mulsant, 1846

Peck, Stewart B., 2011, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten, Insecta Mundi 2011 (159), pp. 1-54 : 29-30

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SUBFAMILY SCYMNINAE

TRIBE SCYMNILLINI

Scymnillus badius Weise 1929: 32 ; Gordon 1978: 208. Distribution. Nevis. Trinidad; Lesser Antilles and Latin America View in CoL .

TRIBE STETHORINI

Stethorus caribus Gordon and Chapin 1983: 245 ; Bennett and Alam 1985: 27; Valentine and Ivie 2005: 278. Distribution. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Grenada, Guana, Hispaniola, Nevis, Puerto Rico. St. Eustatius View in CoL , St. Lucia; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Predaceous on sugarcane thrips ( Fulmekiola serrata Kobus View in CoL ) and probably on Acarina on Barbados.

TRIBE SCYMNINI

Clitostethus dispar Siccard 1929: 530 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 444; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 82. Distribution. Curaçao, Dominica, St. Martin-St. Maarten. Trinidad, Guyana; Lesser Antilles and Latin America . Notes. Predator on aphids, Aleurodiscus spp ..

Scymnus cyanipennis Mulsant 1850: 952 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 444; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 83. Distribution. Antigua; single island endemic.

Scymnus floralis Fabricius 1792: 260 ; Ramos 1946: 36; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 83; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251. = Scymnus lowei Mulsant 1850: 980 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 444; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 83; probably for all Lesser Antilles records. Distribution. Antigua, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Eustatius. Tobago; Curaçao, widespread Antilles and Latin America View in CoL . Notes. Predator on the scale insects Aleurothrixus spp. and Aspidiotus destructor Signoret. View in CoL

TRIBE DIOMINI

Diomus ochroderus (Mulsant) 1850: 951 ( Scymnus View in CoL ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 484 ( Scymnus View in CoL ); Gorham 1898b: 341 ( Scymnus View in CoL ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 83 ( Scymnus View in CoL ); 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 View in CoL ; widespread Antilles endemic. Notes. Predaceous on Barbados on the plant pests Orthezia insignis Browne View in CoL , Sipha flava (Forbes) View in CoL , Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) View in CoL , Aphis spp. , Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell) View in CoL , Aleurodicus cocois Curtis View in CoL and A. dispersus Russell. What View in CoL may be this species is reported as Diomus sp. Bennett and Alam 1985: 25 on Barbados as predaceous on Icerya purchasea Maskell ; and Diomus sp. nr. ochroderus (Mulsant) by Bennett and Alam 1985: 25; Tucker 1952: 344 as predaceous on Toxoptera aurantii View in CoL .

Diomus roseicollis (Mulsant) 1853: 270 ( Scymnus View in CoL ); Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 480; Gorham 1898b: 342 ( Scymnus View in CoL ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 445 ( Scymnus View in CoL ); Ramos 1946: 36 ( Scymnus View in CoL ); 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. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Vieques (island records from USNM, mostly unpublished). Central America View in CoL , South America View in CoL , USA (southern FL); widespread New World. Notes. Predaceous on Barbados on the plant pests Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby View in CoL , Coccus viridis (Green) View in CoL , Geococcus coffeae Green , Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman) View in CoL , Aspidiotus destructor View in CoL , Aleurodicus cocois View in CoL , A. dispersus View in CoL , Planococcus sp. , P. citri (Risso) View in CoL , Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) View in CoL and Phenacoccus gossypii Townsend and Cockerell. View in CoL

TRIBE HYPERASPIDINI

Hyperaspis connectens Thunberg 1808: 157 ; Gorham 1898b: 340; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 446; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 87; Pérez-Gelabert 2008: 109. Distribution. Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius View in CoL , St. Kitts. USA, Mexico to Nicaragua; widespread Antilles and North and/or Central America View in CoL . Notes. Predator on Aspidiotus destructor View in CoL . Ivie et al. 2008b: 251 list an undteremined species from Montserrat.

Hyperaspis donzeli Mulsant 1850: 638 ; Blackwelder 1944-1957: 447; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 87. Distribution. St. Eustatius. Trinidad, Curaçao; Lesser Antilles and Latin America View in CoL ? Notes. Predator on scale insects, Phenacoccus spp. and Orthezia spp.