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Orthezia newcomeri Morrison, 1952 (Ortheziidae: Orthezia)

Orthezia newcomeri Morrison 1952: 37. Type data: UNITED STATES: Washington, Yakima County, Cascade Mountains on Penstemom sp., 10/08/1930, by E.J. Newcomer. Syntypes, 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: Morrison mentioned the holotype in the original description (1952), but did not mark 1 of the 2 adult females on the type slide as the holotype. Therefore, a lectotype should be designated. Illustr.
Orthezia newcomberi Morrison, 1952; Gill 1993: 80. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Kozar2004: pp.324-325 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Orthezia]
Gill1993: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Field key to California Ortheziidae] Key as: Orthezia newcomberi
Gill1993: pp. ( Adult (F) ) [Morphological key to California Ortheziidae] Key as: Orthezia newcomberi
Morris1952: pp.11 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Urticae group of Orthezia]

Systematics: Morrison also states that "this insect is closely related to urticae and solidaginis, but in the limited material that is available for study it can be distinguished by differences in eyestalk and ovisac band as emphasized in the key to species."
Structure: Adult dried female body with secretion is stoutly elliptical, dorsally fully covered by white secretionary tufts, the pattern essentially as with related species. Adult male is very large, total body length 2.6 mm. Antennae exceptionally long, nearly 1.7 times total body length, most segments approximately subequal in length, with 4-6 loculi, present on both dorsal and ventral surfaces; simple minute pores sparsely present throughout body. (Vea, 2014)
Biology: This species was collected from the Cascade Mountains at elevations of 5500 feet (Morrison, 1952).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Morrison (1952). Detailed description of adult male in Vea, 2014. (Gill (1993) states that "California identifications are in doubt. They have been labeled as 'probably this species' by Harold Morrison."), Washington [Morris1952]).