CHILOCORINAE, Mulsant, 1846

Peck, Stewart B., Thomas, Michael C. & Robert H. Turnbow, Jr., 2014, The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes, and Petite-Terre), Lesser Antilles, Insecta Mundi 2014 (352), pp. 1-156 : 75

SUBFAMILY CHILOCORINAE

TRIBE CHILOCORINI

Cladis nitidula Fabricius 1792: 286 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 483 ( Exochomus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 451; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 92. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia; widespread Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies. Notes. Predator on Asterolecanium sp.

Chilocorus cacti (Linnaeus) 1767: 584 ( Coccinella ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 451; Ramos 1946: 37; Wolcott 1951: 311 ; Bennett and Simmonds 1964: 91; Miskimen and Bond 1970: 90; Bennett and Alam 1985: 25; Gordon 1985: 646; Gordon and Hilburn 1990: 287; Duverger 2001 b: no pagination; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251 (Chilocerus); Turnbow and Thomas 2008: 27; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 108; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (introduced), St. Croix. Bermuda, USA to Mexico to Trinidad, Guyana, South America ; widespread New World. Notes. An important introduced biocontrol agent; predaceous on Barbados on Planococcus citri (Risso) , Phenacoccus gossypii (Townsend and Cockerell) , Icerya purchasi Maskell , Aspidiotus destructor Signoret , Aleurodicus cocois (Curtis) , Aleurodicus dispersus Russell , Coccus viridis (Green) , Geococcus coffeae Green , Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman) , and Asterolecanium bambusae (Boisduval) . Duverger 2001 b: (no pagination) gives Chilocorus nigrinus Fabricius 1798 of St. Barthélemy but I cannot verify this name.