Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author of Tribe: Mulsant 1846
Identification
Small, rounded oval to oblong, highly convex (dome-shaped)
Brown or black; may have brown, yellowish, or reddish markings. Pronotum and elytra often with contrasting colors.
Dorsal (upper) surface and eye pubescent (having short, fine hairs)
Antenna 8 to 11 segmented, terminal segments forming distinct club
Maxillary palpus with apical segment cylindrical or securiform
Leg free, simple, not expanded or enlarged; tarsus trimerous or cryptotetramerous, tarsal claw simple or with basal tooth.
Abdomen with 6 visible sterna, sterna usually not fused medially, apex of 6th abdominal sternum of male modified
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Larvae are covered in waxy white tufts, resembling mealybugs or hairy caterpillars.
Food
Small soft-bodied insects, such as aphids. Genus Cryptolaemus specializes on mealybugs.
Print References
Gordon, R.D. 1985, especially pp. 99-315.
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