Biology:Cryptolaemus

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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

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. ↑ "Know Your Friends - Mealybug Destroyer". www.entomology.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin. http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/mbcn/kyf205.html. 
  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

Wikidata ☰ Q939518 entry




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