Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mulsant, 1853)

Gonzalez, Guillermo, Cotoras, Darko D. & Grez, Audrey A., 2020, Annotated list of island lady beetles from Chile (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Zootaxa 4852 (5), pp. 501-526 : 507

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mulsant, 1853) ( Fig 5e ).

Examined material: 1 ex. “ Chile, Isla de Pascua, Vai Atare, 19-IV-2006, leg. J. Mondaca E.” ( MNHN); 1 ex. “ Chile, Isla de Pascua, Anakena, 18-IV- 2006, leg. J. Mondaca E.” ( MNHN); 3 exx. “ Chile, Isla de Pascua, Camino a Orongo, col. [On] E. globulus Laval , 18-V-2006, leg. J. Mondaca E.” ( MNHN); 2 exx. “ Chile, Isla de Pascua, Camino a Orongo, 21-IV-2006, leg. J. Mondaca E. ( MNHN); 1 ex. “ Chile, Isla de Pascua, Hanga Roa, 27°09′24.6″S 109°26′08.0″W, 50m, 16-VI-2006, leg. J. Mondaca E.” ( MNHN); 2 exx., same collection data, except by “ 21-IV-2006 ” ( MNHN) .

Original reference: González (2008): “ Isla de Pascua”.

Comments: Of Australasian origin, currently with a cosmopolitan distribution. Several times between 1931 and 1975, it was introduced to Chile to control mealybugs ( Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae ). Currently found between Arica and Ñuble (González 2006).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Island Coccinellidae from Chile, other tribes. a: Neoryssomus germainii; b: N. variabilis; c: Neorhyzobius fuegensis; d: Parastethorus histrio; e: Cryptolaemus montrouzieri; f: Novius cardinalis; g: Scymnus bicolor; h: Scymnus loewii; i: Hyperaspis festiva; j: Parasidis brethesi; k: Coccidophilus sp.; l: Stictospilus darwini.