Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Newsteadia scissa Miller & Kozár 2002: 231-235. Type data: ANGOLA: Foret-Galerie R., Luachimo, Parque Carrisso (+7.22S, 20.50E), 26/04/1963. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BMNH, MNHN, PPIH, SANC and USNM. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Newsteadia scissa is most similar to N. perpauca but differs from N. perpauca by having 7-segmented antennae, antennal segment 1 is slightly shorter than segment 2, antennal segments 3-5 without setae, a small coxal depression between the middle pair of legs, no medial sensory seta on the apical antennal segment, the sensorium on antennal segment 2 subapical, ovisac band cluster C3, C4, C5, and C6 present, and a capitate apex to filamentous setae on the antennae and legs (Miller & Kozár 2002).
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female 1.1 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, antennae 7-segmented, with an unusual divided ovisac band (Miller & Korár 2002).
• General Remarks: Desecription and illustration by Miller & Kozár (2002), and by Kozár (2004).

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