Neoleucopis atratula (Ratzeburg, 1844)

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 : 33-34

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.5725248
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1C6E87CA-403B-A429-FF06-819DDE0BE18B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neoleucopis atratula
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Neoleucopis atratula View in CoL ( Ratzeburg, 1844: 170;

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Type locality: Germany (NT ♂, CNC) .

This species is widespread in Europe, the Near East, and the eastern Palearctic, and has been introduced into Australia and New Zealand, Argentina, and in several parts of North America. This species was among the predators introduced and established for biological control of Adelges piceae attacking true firs, Abies spp. , in North America ( Humble 1994). Rearing indicates that Adelges piceae is a primary host for this species. In addition, it is known as a predator of species of Pineus (such as Pineus strobi ) infesting species of Pinus , and of other species of Adelges infesting species of Abies . The species has been collected from canopies of Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris ( Thunes et al. 2004) .