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Cryptolaemus
Genus of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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
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