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Newsteadia myersi Green, 1929 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Newsteadia myersi Green 1929: 372. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: North Island, Ohakuna, "amongst leaf mould," 13/01/1924, by J.G. Myers. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: BMNH has two specimens labeled "type" and "cotype." Illustr.

Countries: 1

Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
KozarKo2000: pp.226 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Newsteadia in the Australian and Pacific Regions]
Morris1952: pp.58 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Newsteadia]

Systematics: Newsteadia myersi is similar to N. australiensis and N. endroedyi, but differs by having only a few setae on the apical segment of the antennae. It differs from N. tasmaniensis and N. samoana in having no quadrilocular pores in the atrium of spiracles (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2000).
Structure: Adult female has compact, dense waxy dorsal lamellae. Limbs are pale brownish ochreous. Derm is entirely membranous, without any chitinous plates (Green, 1929).
Biology: Specimens were collected amongst leaf mould (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Original description by Green (1929). Redescription and illustration by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2000) and by Kozár (2004).