Valid Names Results

Newsteadia topali Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 1999 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Newsteadia topali Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 1999a: 166-167. Type data: INDIA: West Bengal, Kurseong, Darjeeling District, North Point, 1967, by F. Topál. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in PPIH. Illustr.

Countries: 1

Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
KozarKo1999a: pp.176 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Newsteadia species found in the Oriental and Palaearctic regions]

Systematics: Newsteadia topali is similar to N. loebli, the difference is the presence of a special deep depression in front of the ovisac band (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 1999a).
Structure: Adult female about 1.2 mm long, 0.8 mm wide. Antennae 4-segmented. Dorsum with wax plates in loose bands on surface, divided in the midline. Spines at the margin of wax plate elongate (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 1999a).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (1999a). Redescription by Kozár (2004).