Newsteadia Green

Watson, Gillian W., 2022, Towards identification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of continental Africa: 2. Checklists and keys to six archaeococcoid families, Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 301-356 : 341

Genus Newsteadia Green

Newsteadia is a genus of 58 species found worldwide, living in leaf litter and in moss growing in moist environments; nine species have been recorded in continental Africa ( Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2000; Miller & Kozár 2002; García Morales et al. 2016). In life, the dorsal submedian wax plates all project forwards ( Kozár 2004). In Africa they are of no economic significance.

Key to species of Newsteadia in East Africa, based on Kozár (2004)

1(0) Setae on antenna hair-like. Medial areas of dorsum with wide bands of bare cuticle................ angustilinea ( Fig. 24 )

- Setae on antenna spine-like. Medial areas of dorsum mostly covered in spine-like setae, with only narrow bands of bare cuticle...................................................................................... turbinespina

Figures

FIGURE 24. Newsteadia angustilinea Miller & Kozár, adult female, reproduced from Miller & Kozár (2002: 210, Fig. 2) with permission from D.R. Miller.