''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign
scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...
s in the superfamily
Coccoidea
Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...
. Most species are inconspicuous, measuring under two millimeters long and found in leaf litter.
Species
In 1962, J. M. Hoy stated there were 11 species in the genus. This has since risen to 48 species.
[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.] These include:
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Newsteadia americana''
Morrison - United States
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Newsteadia caledoniensis''
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Newsteadia floccosa''
De Geer
The De Geer family (, ; also: De Geer van Jutphaas and De Geer van Oudegein) is a prominent industrial family of Walloon origin that belongs to the Swedish and Dutch nobility.
History
The name derives from the town of Geer near Liège (in pre ...
– Europe
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Newsteadia guadalcanalia''
Morrison – Solomon Islands
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Newsteadia gullanae''
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Newsteadia mauritania''
Mamet – Mauritius
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Newsteadia minima''
Morrison – United States
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Newsteadia montana''
Mamet – Mauritius
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Newsteadia multispina'' – Afrotropical
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Newsteadia myersi''
Green – New Zealand
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Newsteadia samoana''
Morrison – Samoa
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Newsteadia trisegmentalis''
James Howell – United States
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Newsteadia tristani''
Silvestri – Mexico and Costa Rica
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Newsteadia wacri''
Strickland – Ghana
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Newsteadia yanbaruensis''
Hirotaka – Japan
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Newsteadia zimmermani''
Morrison – Fiji
References
Ortheziidae
Sternorrhyncha genera
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