Leucopis

Leucopis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chamaemyiidae
Subfamily: Chamaemyiinae
Tribe: Leucopini
Genus:
Meigen, 1830
Type species
Anthomyza griseola
Fallén, 1823

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

  • 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

  1. ^ "Leucopis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Leucopis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Williston, Samuel Wendell (1889). "Leucopis bellula, n. sp". Insect Life. 1: 258–259. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

Further reading

  • 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.