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

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.5725240
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1C6E87CA-403B-A428-FF06-8785DECAE263
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leucotaraxis atrifacies
status

Treatment

Leucotaraxis atrifacies View in CoL ( 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 .