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

Newsteadia spiraculum Miller & Kozár 2002: 238-242. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Colvie, on moss, 03/12/1997, by F. Kozár & J. Giliomee. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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: N. spiraculum is most similar to N. samoana but differs form N. samoana by the absence flagellate setae on the tibia, the claw digitule is conical, and the presence of coxal depression near front and middle coxae (Miller & Kozár 2002).
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female is 1.8 mm long, 1.3 mm wide, with 6-segmented antennae, and has unusual spiracles that have an expanded area outside of the atrium that contains several quadrilocular pores (Miller & Kozár 2002).
Biology: Specimens have been collected in moss (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Miller & Kozár (2002). Redescription by Kozár (2004).