Valid Names Results

Newsteadia nepalensis (Richard, 1990) (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Nomenclatural History

• Transnewsteadia nepalensis Richard 1990: 223-230. Type data: NEPAL: Goropani Forest, between Kali Gandaki and Pokhara, in dead leaves, 09/10/1983, by I. Löbl & A. Smetana. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Newsteadia nepalensis (Richard, 1990); Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 1999a: 176. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]
• KozarKo1999a: pp.176 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Newsteadia species found in the Oriental and Palaearctic regions] Key as: Newsteadia nepalensis

Remarks

• Systematics: This species has the general habits and the antenna form of a Newsteadia species and the "peculiar buccal complex" of the genus Nipponorthezia (Richard, 1990).
• Structure: Female adults are oval elongate with very visible segmentation (Richard, 1990).
• Biology: Specimens have been collected in litter (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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