Valid Names Results

Newsteadia biracemus Miller & Kozár, 2002 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Nomenclatural History

• Newsteadia biracemus Miller & Kozár 2002: 212-215. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Alexandria Forest St., 04/12/1987, by S. Endrödy-Younga. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes also in BMNH, PPIH, USNM, MNHN, SANC. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
• MillerKo2002: pp.206 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Afrotropical Newsteadia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Newsteadia biracemus is similar to N. africana, N. scissa, N. southafricensis, and N. wacri. In Africa, it is most similar to N. africana. This species is unique among the species of Newsteadia by having ovisac band C6 reduced to a small, isolated cluster of spines on each side of body (Miller & Kozár, 2002).
• Biology: Newsteadia biracemus is found in moss (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Miller & Kozár (2002) and Kozár (2004).

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