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

Newsteadia southafricensis Miller & Kozár 2002: 235-238. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Weza, Stark Wood Forest, 17/11/1989. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype also USNM. Illustr.

Countries: 1

Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
MillerKo2002: pp.206 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Afrotropical Newsteadia]

Systematics: Newsteadia southafricensis is similar to N. wacri but differs from N. wacri by having ovisac band C5 reduced to few spines, ovisac band cluster C6 absent, antennal segment length 122-138 micrometers, antennal segment 2 with 3-4 setae, tibia-tarsus 448-510 micrometers, trochanter-femur with 22-29 setae, and spiracular atrium 18-28 micrometers in diameter (Miller & Kozár 2002).
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female 1.5 mm long, 1.0 mm wide, and antennae 7-segmented (Miller & Kozár 2002).
Biology: Specimens have been collected in forest litter (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Miller & Kozár (2002). Redescription by Kozár (2004).