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Newsteadia gomyi Richard, 1979 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Newsteadia gomyi Richard 1979: 1082-1084. Type data: REUNION: in decaying vegetable matter, 22/04/1972, by Y. Gomy. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
Newsteadia gomi Richard, 1979; Williams & Williams 1988: 46. Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; misspelling of species epithet

Countries: 1

Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
MillerKo2002: pp.205 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Afrotropical Newsteadia]

Systematics: Miller & Kozár (2002) believed N. gomyi is most similiar to N. turbinespina but differs by having anal-ring setae longer than width of anal ring, 1st segment of antenna greater than 150 µm long, and lengths of leg segmentation. This species is also similar to N. mauritiana (Richard, 1979, Miller & Kozár 2002).
Structure: Female body is elliptical and entirely covered with waxy plates (Richard, 1979).
Biology: Newsteadia gomyi was collected in litter (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Richard (1979). Redescription and illustration by Miller & Kozár (2002) and by Kozár (2004).