Valid Names Results

Newsteadia milleri Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2000 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Newsteadia milleri Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2000: 216-217. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Wau, Kilolo Creek, 23/08/1968, by J. Balogh. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

Countries: 1

Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
KozarKo2000: pp.224 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Newsteadia in the Australian and Pacific Regions]

Systematics: Newsteadia milleri is similar to N. guineensis, but differs from the latter which has hair-like setae on apical segment of the antennae. It differs from all known Newsteadia species in having a strong spine at the base of each trochanter (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2000).
Structure: Mounted adult female 1.3 mm long, 1.0 mm wide. Antennae 3-segmented (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2000).
Biology: This species was collected at 900 m above sea level (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2000) and in litter (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2000). Redescription by Kozár (2004).