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Newsteadia trisegmentalis Howell, 1975 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Nomenclatural History

• Newsteadia trisegmentalis Howell 1975: 163-166. Type data: UNITED STATES: Georgia, Echols County, 8 miles west of Fargo, off highway 94, on Panicum, by R. Beshear. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in USNM and BMNH. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Caball2021: pp.347 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Newsteadia]
• Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
• KozarKo2001: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Newsteadia species in the Nearctic and Neotropic Regions]
• Howell1975: pp.165-166 ( Adult (F) ) [Additions to Morrison's 1952 key to Newsteadia species]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species resembles Newsteadia tristani (Silvestri) (Howell, 1975).
• Structure: Adult female wide, oval in outline, tapering posteriorly with membranous derm (Howell, 1975).
• Biology: This species has also been found in orchid and bromeliad debris (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Howell (1975). Redescription by Kozár (2004).

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