Cryptolaemus

Genus of beetles

Cryptolaemus
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Scymninae
Tribe: Scymnini
Genus: Cryptolaemus
Mulsant, 1853

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]

There are seven species in the genus, in two groups, all originally from eastern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.[3]

Species

  • Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, 1850

(plus six poorly known species)

References

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ "Know Your Friends - Mealybug Destroyer". www.entomology.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16.
  3. ^ A review of the genus Cryptolaemus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) with particular reference to the species resembling C. montrouzieri Mulsant
  • Data related to Cryptolaemus at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Cryptolaemus at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Cryptolaemus


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