Valid Names Results

Newsteadia chebalingensis Zheng & Wu, 2023 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Nomenclatural History

• Newsteadia chebalingensis Zheng & Wu 2023: 220. Type data: CHINA: Guangdong Prov., Shaoguan City, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, (24°72′11″N, 114º25′91″E), elev. 372m, in the broad leaf litter, 8/19/2022, by Xinyi Zheng & Yu’ang Li. Holotype, female and first instar, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. 4♀ and 7 first-instar nymphs, same data as holotype (BFUC). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhengWuXi2023: pp.207 ( Adult (F) ) [Newsteadia species in China]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is similar to N. minima and N. floccosa by having 6-segmented antennae, subapical seta presence and ovisac band not divided in middle. It differs from N. minima by having: (i) only mid-dorsal cluster 5 divided medially (vs. clusters 7bm, 7cm, 7dm and 7em divided medially); (ii) ilateral and posterior portion of ovisac band with clusters C1–C2 contiguous (vs. with clusters C1–C3 contiguous); (iii) abdomen spiracles each with 4–5 quadrilocular pores (vs. each with 2–3 quadrilocular pores). It differs from N. floccosa by having: (i) thoracic spiracles each with 0–4 quadrilocular pores (vs. each with about 12 quadrilocular pores); (ii) only mid-dorsal cluster 5 divided medially (vs. clusters 3, 5, 6, 7am, 7bm, 7cm and 7dm divided medially); (iii) antennae with long and spinelike setae, legs with long and short spine-like setae (vs. antennae and legs with short and spine-like setae); (iv) lateral and posterior portion of ovisac band with clusters C1–C2 contiguous (vs. with clusters C1–C3 contiguous). (Zheng, et al. 2023)
• Structure: Body covered by white wax plates dorsally. Plates on mid-dorsum protrude forwards; those on margin protrude outwards; the marginal plates on abdomen longer and forming ovisac. Margin of wax plates flocculent. Exposed body (with wax plates removed) oval, yellowish, eye stalk base black. (Zheng, et al. 2023)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs and illustration in Zheng, Wu & Xing, 2023.

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