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Newsteadia costaricaensis Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2001 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Newsteadia costaricaensis Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2001: 128-130. Type data: COSTA RICA: Sierra de la Muerte, El Empalme, 1992, by J. Balogh. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

Countries: 1

Caball2021: pp.347 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Newsteadia]
Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
KozarKo2001: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Newsteadia species in the Nearctic and Neotropic Regions]

Systematics: N. costaricaensis is similar to N. trisegmentalis, but differs by having clusters of quadrilocular pores on the venter of the abdomen, by the presence of a subapical seta and by the absence of long tubular ducts (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2001).
Structure: Mounted adult female 1.2 mm long, 1.0 mm wide. Antennae 3-segmented with strong hairlike setae. Ventral ovisac band complete; wax plates partly cover thorax and head. Dorsal wax plates cover most of surface. Hairlike setae present in small numbers near posterior edges of marginal wax plates, and near anterolateral and anteromedial edge of each dorsomedial wax plate (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2001).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2001) and Kozár (2004).