Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, 1853

Poorani, J. & Lalitha, N., 2018, Illustrated accounts of coccinellid predators of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) on mulberry in India, with description of a new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from West Bengal, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 93-120 : 95

2. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, 1853

( FIG. 2 )

Brief description: FORM ( FIG. 2A ) ElONGAtE OVAl, cONVEX; DORSUM DENSElY PUbEScENt. HEAD AND PRONOtUM ORANGE- YEllOW, ElYtRA blAck WItH ORANGE YEllOW OR YEllOWISH tEStAcEOUS APIcES. VENtRAl SIDE WItH PROStERNUM ORANGE YEllOW, MESO- AND MEtAVENtRItES DARk bROWN tO blAck; AbDOMEN ORANGE YEllOW. MAlES WItH REDDISH bROWN FORElEGS, MUcH PAlER tHAN tHE OtHER tWO PAIRS; FEMAlES WItH FORElEGS DARk bROWN/blAck, OF tHE SAME cOlOUR AS OtHER PAIRS OF lEGS. ANtENNA ( FIG. 2F ) cOMPOSED OF 10 ANtENNOMERES. MAXIllA ( FIG. 2G ) WItH tERMINAl SEGMENt StRONGlY SEcURIFORM. PROStERNUM ( FIG. 2b ) ANtERIORlY PRODUcED tO cOVER MOUtHPARtS, INtERcOXAl PROcESS ( FIG. 2H ) WItH A PAIR OF SHORt cARINAE. HYPOMERAl SHElF PROMINENt ( FIG. 2c ). AbDOMINAl POStcOXAl lINES ( FIG. 2I ) cOMPlEtE. TARSI tRIMEROUS. TARSAl clAWS APIcAllY bIFID IN FEMAlE ( FIG. 2D ), APPENDIcUlAtE IN MAlE ( FIG. 2E ). MAlE GENItAlIA ( FIGS 2k, l ) AND FEMAlE SPERMAtHEcA ( FIG. 2j ) AS IllUStRAtED.

Notes: THIS SPEcIES IS OF AUStRAlASIAN ORIGIN AND ONE OF tHE MOSt EFFEctIVE INtRODUcED PREDAtORS OF MEAlYbUG PEStS WORlDWIDE. It IS kNOWN tO FEED ON All StAGES OF M. hirsutus AND IS MORE cOMMON ON OtHER HOSt PlANtS OF M. hirsutus SUcH AS GRAPEVINE AND HIbIScUS tHAN MUlbERRY (lAbEl DAtA). SEVERAl WORkERS HAVE EVAlUAtED It AND FOUND It tO bE ONE OF tHE MOSt EFFEctIVE PREDAtORS OF M. hirsutus ON MUlbERRY (CHONG et al. 2015). THIS SPEcIES HAS bEEN USED IN lARGE-ScAlE bIOlOGIcAl cONtROl PROGRAMS AGAINSt M. hirsutus IN MANY PARtS OF tHE WORlD IN cOMbINAtION WItH tWO ENcYRtID PARASItOIDS, Anagyrus kamali MOURSI AND Gyranusoidea indica SHAFEE, AlAM & AGARWAl ( PERSAD & KHAN 2002; CUlIk et al. 2013).

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FIGURE 2. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant: a) adult, dorsal View; b) prosternum; c) hypomeral shelf; d) tarsal claw, female; e) tarsal claw, male; f) antenna; g) maxilla; h) prosternum; i) abdominal postcoxal line; j) female genitalia, spermatheca; k, l) male genitalia: k) tegmen, Ventral View; l) penis.