Leucotaraxis sepiola Gaimari & Havill 2021
- Dataset
- A new genus of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) predaceous on Adelgidae (Hemiptera), with a key to chamaemyiid species associated with Pinaceae-feeding Sternorrhyncha
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- 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): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Chamaemyiidae
- genus
- Leucotaraxis
- species
- Leucotaraxis sepiola
discussion
This species is known only from the southwestern United States. Although never reared, it has been swept from Cinara ponderosae infesting young stands of Pinus ponderosa, which may have also been infested with adelgids.
materials_examined
Type locality: USA: New Mexico (HT ♂, CSCA).