| Cryptolaemus | |
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| Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Coccidulinae |
| Tribe: | Coccidulini |
| Genus: | Cryptolaemus Mulsant, 1853 |
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The genus Cryptolaemus consists of predatory beetles of the family Coccinellidae,1 whose larvae and adults mostly prey upon scale insects on ornamental plants.2
Taxonomy
There are several species in the genus, in two groups, all originally from eastern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.3 Of these, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, 1850 is the most well-known.
Species
- Cryptolaemus affinis
- Cryptolaemus ambiguus
- Cryptolaemus asymmetricus
- Cryptolaemus atratus
- Cryptolaemus bicolor
- Cryptolaemus concinnus
- Cryptolaemus crotchi
- Cryptolaemus distinctus
- Cryptolaemus dualis
- Cryptolaemus dubius
- Cryptolaemus fraternus
- Cryptolaemus gressitti
- Cryptolaemus guineensis
- Cryptolaemus incertus
- Cryptolaemus incrassatus
- Cryptolaemus iodes
- Cryptolaemus magnificus
- Cryptolaemus metallicus
- Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
- Cryptolaemus parvus
- Cryptolaemus prominens
- Cryptolaemus pulchellus
- Cryptolaemus purpureus
- Cryptolaemus regalis
- Cryptolaemus riedeli
- Cryptolaemus robustus
- Cryptolaemus sedlaceki
- Cryptolaemus sigmoidus
- Cryptolaemus similis
- Cryptolaemus simulatus
- Cryptolaemus sinestria
- Cryptolaemus splendens
- Cryptolaemus splendidus
- Cryptolaemus subviolaceus
- Cryptolaemus tetrahedron
- Cryptolaemus trochanteratus
- Cryptolaemus typicus
- Cryptolaemus wallacii
References
References
- Biolib
- "Know Your Friends - Mealybug Destroyer". www.entomology.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16.
- A review of the genus Cryptolaemus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) with particular reference to the species resembling C. montrouzieri Mulsant
External links
External links
- Data related to Cryptolaemus at Wikispecies
- Media related to Cryptolaemus at Wikimedia Commons