Valid Names Results

Newsteadia minima Morrison, 1952 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Nomenclatural History

• Newsteadia minima Morrison 1952: 61-62. Type data: UNITED STATES: North Carolina, Duke Forest, in pine litter, 11/11/1944, by H. Morrison. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Caball2021: pp.347 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Newsteadia]
• Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
• KozarKo2001: pp.141 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Newsteadia species in the Nearctic and Neotropic Regions]
• Koszta1996: pp.59 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Northeastern North America Ortheziidae]
• Morris1952: pp.59 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Newsteadia]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female is elliptical. Preadult of interest due to a rather conspicuous ventral transverse sclerotized area near the posterior apex, comparable to that present in the adult female of N. americana (Morrison, 1952).
• Biology: Specimens collected on pine forest litter (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Morrison (1952). Redescription by Kozár (2004).

Illustrations

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