Newsteadia is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. Most species are inconspicuous, measuring under two millimeters long and found in leaf litter.
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Species
editIn 1962, J. M. Hoy stated there were 11 species in the genus.[1] This has since risen to 48 species.[2] These include:
- Newsteadia americana Morrison - United States
- Newsteadia caledoniensis
- Newsteadia floccosa De Geer – Europe
- Newsteadia guadalcanalia Morrison – Solomon Islands
- Newsteadia gullanae
- Newsteadia mauritania Mamet – Mauritius
- Newsteadia minima Morrison – United States
- Newsteadia montana Mamet – Mauritius
- Newsteadia multispina – Afrotropical
- Newsteadia myersi Green – New Zealand
- Newsteadia samoana Morrison – Samoa
- Newsteadia trisegmentalis James Howell – United States
- Newsteadia tristani Silvestri – Mexico and Costa Rica
- Newsteadia wacri Strickland – Ghana
- Newsteadia yanbaruensis Hirotaka – Japan
- Newsteadia zimmermani Morrison – Fiji
References
edit- ^ Hoy, J. M. Re-description of Newsteadia myersi
- ^ Kozár, F.; Konczné Benedicty, Z. 2000: Revision of Newsteadia of the Australian and Pacific regions, with description of eleven new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea, Ortheziidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 46: 197–229.
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