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Leucopis

Gaimari, Stephen D.;González, Christian R.;Elgueta, Mario

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thumb | right Leucopis is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae. There are at least 20 described species in Leucopis. Flies from this genus are used in biological control of adelgids.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyChamaemyiidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
767
Family
Chamaemyiidae
Collections
UAM, YPM
Recorded in
United States

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Encyclopedic overview

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thumb | right Leucopis is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae. There are at least 20 described species in Leucopis. Flies from this genus are used in biological control of adelgids.

==Species== L. albipuncta Zetterstedt, 1855 L. americana Malloch, 1921 L. ancilla McAlpine, 1971 L. argentata Heeger, 1848 L. argenticollis Zetterstedt, 1848 L. astonei McAlpine, 1977 L. atratula Ratzburg, 1844 L. atrifacies Aldrich, 1925 L. atritarsis Tanasijtshuk, 1958 L. bellula Williston, 1889 L. bivittata Malloch, 1940 L. flavicornis Aldrich, 1914 L. geniculata Zetterstedt, 1855 L. glyphinivora Tanasijtshuk, 1958 L. griseola (Fallén, 1823) L. hennigrata McAlpine, 1978 L. interruptovittata Aczel, 1937 L. maculata Thompson, 1910 L. major Malloch, 1921 L. manii Tanasijtshuk, 1968 L. melanopus Tanasijtshuk, 1959 L. militia McAlpine, 1971 L. minor Malloch, 1921 L. morgei Smith, 1963 L. nigraluna McAlpine, 1971 L. obscura Haliday, 1833 L. ocellaris Malloch, 1940 L. parallela Malloch, 1921 L. pemphigae Malloch, 1921 L. pinicola Malloch, 1921 L. piniperda Malloch, 1921 L. psyllidiphaga McLean, 1998 L. pulvinariae Malloch, 1921 L. puncticornis Meigen, 1830 L. simplex Loew, 1869 L. tapiae Blanchard, 1964 L. verticalis Malloch, 1940

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