Vitaleucopis scopulus Gaimari, 2020: 78

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 : 35

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3915D929-50E3-4235-A02F-EA9DE4B1E48F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5725141
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1C6E87CA-4039-A42A-FF06-8132DB84E7BB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Vitaleucopis scopulus Gaimari, 2020: 78
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Type locality: USA: California (HT ♂, CSCA) .

This species is known only from western United States. Given the association with “aborted sugar pine cones”, this species is likely a predator on adelgids or Cinara aphids attacking sugar pine, Pinus lambertiana , since they sometimes infest areas at the bases of new cones and can stunt or abort their development.