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

Newsteadia turbinespina Miller & Kozár 2002: 242-245. Type data: TANZANIA, Kiuguru Mts., Bondwa Peak, foggy forest, on moss, 25/03/1973, by T. Pócs. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype also at PPIH. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Watson2022: pp.341 ( Adult (F) ) [Newsteadia in East Africa]
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: Newsteadia turbinespina is most similar to N. tasmaniensisis but differs from N. tasmaniensisis by having no quadrilocular pores in the area immediately surrounding the spiracular atrium, has a broad apex to the labium, and has spine-like setae on the trochanter-femur (Miller & Kozár 2002).
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female is 1.3 mm long, 0.9 mm wide, with 6-segmented antennae, and characteristic conical or spinelike setae on the trochanter-femur and antenna (Miller & Kozár 2002).
Biology: Specimens have been collected in moss from foggy forests (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Miller & Kozár (2002) and by Kozár (2004).