Newsteadia

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Newsteadia
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Coccoidea
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Newsteadia

Green, 1902
Species

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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.

Species[]

In 1962, J. M. Hoy stated there were 11 species in the genus.[1] This has since risen to 48 species.[2] These include:

  • Morrison - United States
  • Newsteadia floccosa De Geer – Europe
  • Morrison – Solomon Islands
  • Mamet – Mauritius
  • Morrison – United States
  • Mamet – Mauritius
  • – Afrotropical
  • Newsteadia myersi Green – New Zealand
  • Morrison – Samoa
  • James Howell – United States
  • Silvestri – Mexico and Costa Rica
  • Strickland – Ghana
  • Hirotaka – Japan
  • Morrison – Fiji

References[]

  1. ^ Hoy, J. M. Re-description of Newsteadia myersi
  2. ^ 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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