Neoleucopis tapiae
Creators: name: Gaimari, Stephen D.
name: González, Christian R.
name: Elgueta, Mario
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chamaemyiidae
Neoleucopis
Neoleucopis tapiae

description: tapiae (Blanchard)
Leucopis tapiae Blanchard, 1964: 137. Type locality: Argentina, Nahuel Huapi, Bariloche, Isla Victoria and Balcarce. Syntypes (22) males and females, MACN (some examined). References — Blanchard, 1964: 135 (Figure 1c [head, frontal view]), 136 (in key), 137 (Figure 2 [wing]; Mills, 1990: 32 (biology).
Leucopis (Neoeucopis) tapiae. References — McAlpine, 1971: 1852 (in key), 1856 (Figures 22–23 [male genitalia]), 1858 (Figure 30 [egg]), 1863 (redescription), 1864 (Figure 37 [female terminalia]); Tanasijtshuk, 1986: 171 (as synonym of Leucopis atratula (Ratzeburg, 1844)); Greathead, 1995: 84 (biology, biological control), 87 (discussion).
Neoleucopis tapiae. References — Tanasijtshuk, 1992: 225 (combination, implied by genus status); Ross et al., 2012: 101 (biology); Gaimari, 2021: 1799 (biological control); Gaimari & Havill, 2021: 2 (comment), 8 (specimen), 27 (in key), 35 (biology, catalog). Distribution — Chile. [also: Argentina. Neuquén Province; Europe; North America (western); Hawaii; New Zealand; Malawi; South Africa; Burundi; released with unknown establishment in Kenya and Tanzania]. Host Records — Pineus pini infesting Pinus radiata, Pineus strobi infesting Pinus strobus and Pinus sylvestris, Pineus cembrae infesting Pinus cembra, Pineus laevis infesting Pinus sylvestris and Pinus radiata, Pineus orientalis infesting a species of Pinus, Pineus boerneri infesting Pinus patula, Pineus havrylenkoi infesting a species of Pinus. Note —Although described from Argentina, this species is likely native to North America or Europe and has been introduced elsewhere, including Chile and Argentina along with Pinus radiata nursery stock shipped to Chile and Argentina from California in the 19th century (McAlpine, 1971). The species seems to occur wherever Pinus sylvestris has been introduced, which would suggest a European origin.
Agromyza chermivora Kaltenbach 1843: 197. Type locality: Germany. Type sex and repository unknown. References — Ratzeburg 1844: 204 (as Musca); McAlpine, 1971: 1863 (in synonymy list as nomen nudum); Tanasijtshuk, 1984: 231 (synonymy list).
Leucopis atratula, sensu Fulmek, nec Ratzeburg, 1844: 170. References — Fulmek, 1912: 211 (Figures 1 [wing], 2 [antenna]), 212 (Figures 3–4 [larvae]), 213 (Figures 5–6, [larvae]); McAlpine, 1971: 1863 (synonymy list); Tanasijtshuk, 1984: 231 (synonymy list), 1986: 171 (synonymy list).
Leucopis obscura, auct., nec Haliday. References — McAlpine, 1971: 1863 (synonymy list); Tanasijtshuk, 1986: 171 (syonymy list).
Leucopis (Neoleucopis) sp. aff. atratula Ratzeburg, 1844: 170. References — Tanasijtshuk 1961: 436 (Figure 6A [male genitalia], 6B [thorax], 6C–D [head]); McAlpine, 1971: 1863 (synonymy list).
Leucopis obscura. Misidentification. References — Culliney et al., 1988: 142 (biological control); Nakao et al., 1981: 426 (biological control); Funasaki et al, 1988: 116 (biological control); Greathead, 1995: 87 (clarified misidentification).
description: Published as part of Gaimari, Stephen D., González, Christian R. & Elgueta, Mario, 2024, A catalog of the Chamaemyiidae of Chile (Diptera: Lauxanioidea), pp. 555-569 in Zootaxa 5399 (5) on page 564, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.5.5, http://zenodo.org/record/10517506