Newsteadia
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| Newsteadia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Ortheziidae |
| Genus: | Newsteadia Green, 1902 |
| Species | |
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Newsteadia is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. Most species are inconspicuous, measureing under two millimeters long and found in leaf litter.
Species
In 1962, J. M. Hoy stated there were 11 species in the genus.[1] This has since risen to 48 species.[2] These include:
- Newsteadia americana Morrison - United States
- Newsteadia caledoniensis
- Newsteadia floccosa De Geer – Europe
- Newsteadia guadalcanalia Morrison – Solomon Islands
- Newsteadia gullanae
- Newsteadia mauritania Mamet – Mauritius
- Newsteadia minima Morrison – United States
- Newsteadia montana Mamet – Mauritius
- Newsteadia multispina – Afrotropical
- Newsteadia myersi Green – New Zealand
- Newsteadia samoana Morrison – Samoa
- Newsteadia trisegmentalis James Howell – United States
- Newsteadia tristani Silvestri – Mexico and Costa Rica
- Newsteadia wacri Strickland – Ghana
- Newsteadia yanbaruensis Hirotaka – Japan
- Newsteadia zimmermani Morrison – Fiji
References
- ↑ Hoy, J. M. Re-description of Newsteadia myersi
- ↑ Kozár, F.; Konczné Benedicty, Z. 2000: Revision of Newsteadia of the Australian and Pacific regions, with description of eleven new species (Homoptera: Coccoidea, Ortheziidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 46: 197-229.
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