Valid Names Results

Newsteadia zimmermani Morrison, 1952 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Newsteadia zimmermani Morrison 1952: 64-65. Type data: FIJI: Viti Levu, Nandarivatu, 09 and 07/09/1938, by E. Zimmerman. 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

Countries: 1

Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
KozarKo2000: pp.224 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Newsteadia in the Australian and Pacific Regions]
WilliaWa1990: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Newsteadia from the South Pacific region]
Morris1952: pp.58 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Newsteadia]

Systematics: Newsteadia zimmermani is similar to N. guadalcanalia, by having blunt setae on the antennae and legs. The venter of thorax of N. zimmermani with wide bands of wax plates, and the wax plate bands are not interrupted on the median of the dorsum (Kozár & Konczné Benedict, 2000).
Structure: Adult female body is elliptical (Morrison, 1952).
Biology: Specimens of this species have been collected at 2,600 feet in elevation (Morrison, 1952).
General Remarks: Original description by Morrison (1952). Redescription and illustration by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2000), and by Kozár (2004).