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Newsteadia tropicalis Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2001 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Newsteadia tropicalis Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2001: 138-140. Type data: BRAZIL: 1995, by J. Balogh. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

Countries: 1

Caball2021: pp.347 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Newsteadia]
Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
KozarKo2001: pp.141 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Newsteadia species in the Nearctic and Neotropic Regions]

Systematics: Newsteadia tropicalis is similar to N. brasiliensis, but differs by having clavate setae on the first segments of the antennae and by the presence of long tubular ducts (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2001).
Structure: Mounted adult female 1.1 mm long, 0.9 mm wide. Antennae 6-segmented. Ovisac band interrupted in the middle, short, ovisac wax plate groups on last segments of abdomen absent; wax plates in small groups on thorax and head. Dorsum with wax plates forming bands on surface. Spines at margin of wax plate elongate (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2001).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2001). Redescription by Kozár (2004).