Leucotaraxis atrifacies (Gaimari & Havill, 2021)

Gaimari, Stephen D. & Havill, Nathan P., 2021, A new genus of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) predaceous on Adelgidae (Hemiptera), with a key to chamaemyiid species associated with Pinaceae-feeding Sternorrhyncha, Zootaxa 5067 (1), pp. 1-39 : 33

Leucotaraxis atrifacies ( Aldrich, 1925: 152;

Leucopis ), comb. nov.

Type locality: USA: California (HT ♀, USNM) .

This species is known only from western North America, attacking species of Adelges and Pineus infesting Tsuga and Pinus (details provided above). They have also been swept from Cinara ponderosae infesting young stands of Pinus ponderosa .