Leucopis (Leucopella) vanharteni Gaimari & Raspi, 2002

Ebejer, M. J., 2017, A conspectus of the silver-flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) of the Middle East with descriptions of new species of Chamaemyia Meigen and Melanochthiphila Frey, from the Arabian Peninsula, Zootaxa 4319 (3), pp. 461-482 : 477

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6010154
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scientific name	Leucopis (Leucopella) vanharteni Gaimari & Raspi, 2002
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Leucopis (Leucopella) vanharteni Gaimari & Raspi, 2002 View in CoL

Yemen: 1♂, Sana’a, 3.iv.1999, light trap, A. van Harten ( NMWC).

This specimen was overlooked when the material was sent to be studied by the authors who described the species. The entire type series was reared from mealybugs ( Pseudococcidae ) living on a diversity of plants ( Gaimari & Raspi 2002.) This specimen is the only one that was attracted to light.

Distribution. so far known only from Yemen.