Valid Names Results

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

Newsteadia multispina Miller & Kozár 2002: 225-228. Type data: COMOROS: Ndzouani (Anjuan) Is., Lake Dzialandz, 2 km W. Dindri Village, 06/08/1992, by T. Pócs. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

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: Newsteadia multispina is most similar to N. turbinespina but differs from N. turbinespina in that it has filamentous setae present in the anterior segmental row within the ovisac area, a longer apical antennal segment, spinelike setae, and discoidals within ovisac area as large as sessile quadrilocular pores.
Structure: Slide-mounted female 1.6 mm long, 1.0 mm wide, antennae 6-segmented, covered with thousands of spines over the body.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Miller & Kozár (2002). Redescription by Kozár (2004).