Valid Names Results

Newsteadia shiaui Kozár & Wu in Kozár, 2004 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Nomenclatural History

• Newsteadia shiaui Kozár & Wu in Kozár 2004: 136-137. Type data: Taiwan (Tsui-fenghu, Ilan). Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Newsteadia shuaui Kozár & Wu in Kozár, 2004; Zheng & Xing 2020: 504. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhengWuXi2023: pp.207 ( Adult (F) ) [Newsteadia species in China]
• ZhengXi2021: pp.503-504 ( Adult (F) ) [Newsteadia species in China]
• Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Newsteadia shiaui is similar to N. vasarhelyi, but differs by having long anal ring setae, six segmented antennae, and the absence of midcoxal pore groups (Kozár, 2004). This species was under the name N. mauritiana Mamet, 1943 in Shiau (1990) theses, and cited by Tao (1999). It was recognized as a new species by Kozár (2004).
• Structure: Unmounted adult female is oval, with membranous derm. Length 1.47 mm, width 1.06 mm (Kozár, 2004).
• Biology: Newsteadia shiaui grows on the underside of moss on the bark of tree (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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