Leucopis
| Leucopis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chamaemyiidae |
| Subfamily: | Chamaemyiinae |
| Tribe: | Leucopini |
| Genus: | Leucopis Meigen, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Anthomyza griseola Fallén, 1823
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Leucopis is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae. There are at least 20 described species in Leucopis.[1][2] Flies from this genus are used in biological control of adelgids.[3]
Species
[edit]- L. albipuncta Zetterstedt, 1855
- L. americana Malloch, 1921
- L. ancilla McAlpine, 1971
- L. argentata Heeger, 1848
- L. argenticollis Zetterstedt, 1848
- L. astonei McAlpine, 1977
- L. atratula Ratzburg, 1844
- L. atrifacies Aldrich, 1925
- L. atritarsis Tanasijtshuk, 1958
- L. bellula Williston, 1889[4]
- L. bivittata Malloch, 1940
- L. flavicornis Aldrich, 1914
- L. geniculata Zetterstedt, 1855
- L. glyphinivora Tanasijtshuk, 1958
- L. griseola (Fallén, 1823)
- L. hennigrata McAlpine, 1978
- L. interruptovittata Aczel, 1937
- L. maculata Thompson, 1910
- L. major Malloch, 1921
- L. manii Tanasijtshuk, 1968
- L. melanopus Tanasijtshuk, 1959
- L. militia McAlpine, 1971
- L. minor Malloch, 1921
- L. morgei Smith, 1963
- L. nigraluna McAlpine, 1971
- L. obscura Haliday, 1833
- L. ocellaris Malloch, 1940
- L. parallela Malloch, 1921
- L. pemphigae Malloch, 1921
- L. pinicola Malloch, 1921
- L. piniperda Malloch, 1921
- L. psyllidiphaga McLean, 1998
- L. pulvinariae Malloch, 1921
- L. puncticornis Meigen, 1830
- L. simplex Loew, 1869
- L. tapiae Blanchard, 1964
- L. verticalis Malloch, 1940
References
[edit]- ^ "Leucopis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Leucopis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Grubin, Sarah M.; Ross, Darrell W.; Wallin, Kimberly F. (1 December 2011). "Prey Suitability and Phenology of Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) Associated With Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in the Pacific Northwest". Environmental Entomology. 40 (6): 1410–1416. doi:10.1603/EN11127. PMID 22217756.
- ^ Williston, Samuel Wendell (1889). "Leucopis bellula, n. sp". Insect Life. 1: 258–259. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
External links
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