SUBFAMILYCHILOCHORINAE

Peck, Stewart B., 2016, The beetles of the Lesser Antilles (Insecta, Coleoptera): diversity and distributions, Insecta Mundi 2016 (460), pp. 1-360 : 143-144

SUBFAMILYCHILOCHORINAE

TRIBECHILOCORINI

Cladis nitidula Fabricius 1792: 286 , Fleutiaux and Sallé 1890: 483 ( Exochomus ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 451; Bennettand Simmonds 1964: 92; Lucas 2012: 88, 89, 91, 94; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47. Distribution. Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, PuertoRico, St. Lucia; widespread Antilles endemic. Genus endemic to West Indies. Notes. Predator on Asterolecanium sp.

Chilocorus cacti (L.) 1767: 584 ( Coccinella ); Blackwelder 1944-1957: 451; Ramos 1946: 37; Wolcott 1951: 311 ; Bennettand Simmonds 1964: 91; Miskimenand Bond 1970: 90; Bennettand Alam 1985: 25; Gordon 1985: 646; Gordon and Hilburn 1990: 287; Duverger 2001b: no pagination; Ivie et al. 2008b: 251 (Chilocerus); Turnbowand Thomas 2008: 27; Perez-Gelabert 2008: 108; Lucas 2012: 88, 91, 94; Thomaset al. 2013: 24. Distribution. Bahamas, Barbados, Carriacou*, Caymans, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada *, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mayreau*, Mona, Montserrat, PuertoRico (introduced), St. Croix, St. Lucia * (also in Daltry 2009: 67), St. Vincent *. Bermuda, USA to Mexico to Trinidad, Guyana, South America ; introduced to the Lesser Antilles? 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) . Plate 33.

Chilocorus nigritus (Fabricius) 1798: 79 ( Coccinella ); Duverger 2001b: no pagination (as C. nigrinus Fabricius ); Lucas 2012: 89, 91, 94; Thomas and Blanchard 2013:1. 1 Distribution. Dominica, Martinique, St. Barthélemy; introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Native to Indian subcontinent; widely distributed in Asia. Notes. Introduced for biocontrol of aphid pests.

Curinus coeruleus Mulsant 1850: 472 , Bennettand Simmonds 1964: 92; Lucas 2012: 88, 91. Distribution. Barbados (probably introduced, det. R. D. Gordon), Dominica *, Grenada *, Martinique, Puerto Rico (introduced from Martinique, Wolcott 1951: 312 ), St. Vincent *, Union*. USA (FL), Mexico to Trinidad and Brazil; widespread New World; introduced to the Lesser Antilles? Notes. Predator on Asterolecanium sp. on Barbados

Exochomus lituratus Gorham 1894: 203 ; Bennett and Alam 1985: 26; Lucas 2012: 94. Distribution. Barbados (introduced); introduced to the Lesser Antilles. Notes. Introduced to USA from Pakistan (Gordon 1985: 18) as a predator on Pinnaspis strachani Cooley , Planococcus citri (Risso) , Coccus viridis (Green) , Aspidiotus destructor Signoret and Planococcus sp. ; seemingly not established. Notes. Duverger 2001b: no pagination lists Exochomus 4- maculatus L. 1758 of Martinique but Ihave not been able to confirm this name. It could be a mistake for Exochomus quadripustulatus (L.) 1785: 267 of Europe (Gordon 1985: 636). Daltry 2009: 67 reports an undetermined species in this genus from St. Lucia.

Zagreus bimaculosus Mulsant 1850 :: 488; Blackwelder 1944-1957 ( Exochomus ); Duverger 2001b: no pagination1; Lucas 2012: 88, 89, 91; Touroultand Poirier 2012: 47. Distribution. Martinique. French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina; the Lesser Antillesand Latin America ?