Watson, Gillian W.
Newsteadia
Sign in to saveNewsteadia 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 33
- Family
- Ortheziidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Vanuatu, Australia, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Guyana
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- Parent taxon
- Ortheziidae
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- Newsteadia
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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. This has since risen to 48 species. 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
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