Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, 1853

Montes-Rodríguez, José Mauricio, Kondo, Takumasa & Gaimari, Stephen D., 2024, Natural enemies of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae), with description of a new species of Leucopina Malloch (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), Zootaxa 5424 (4), pp. 423-436 : 428

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Santander: 10 ♀, 10 ♂ Bucaramanga, Barrio La Aurora , 07°07′35″ N, 73°07′00″W, 1010 m a.s.l., 10.i.2020, coll. J. Montes, ex Malvaviscus sp. [ CTNI] .

Notes. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri , commonly known as the mealybug destroyer, has a worldwide distribution ( Kairo et al. 2013). This coccinellid has been shown to be an effective biological control agent for the control of PHM ( Michaud 2002). In Colombia, it was mass reared and released in the department of Sucre to control outbreaks of PHM in teak, T. grandis plantations in 2009 ( Villarreal et al. 2011; Kairo et al. 2013). Cryptolaemus montrouzieri occurs naturally in the city of Bucaramanga in the department of Santander where it is known to control populations of PHM.