''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign
scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient grouping than the ...
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 – Europe
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Newsteadia guadalcanalia''
Morrison – Solomon Islands
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Newsteadia gullanae
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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Newsteadia mauritania''
Mamet – Mauritius
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Newsteadia minima
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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Morrison – United States
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Newsteadia montana
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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Mamet – Mauritius
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Newsteadia multispina
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
'' – Afrotropical
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Newsteadia myersi''
Green – New Zealand
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Newsteadia samoana
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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Morrison – Samoa
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Newsteadia trisegmentalis
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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James Howell – United States
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Newsteadia tristani
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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– Mexico and Costa Rica
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Newsteadia wacri
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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Strickland – Ghana
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Newsteadia yanbaruensis
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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Hirotaka – Japan
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Newsteadia zimmermani
''Newsteadia'' is a genus of ensign scale insects in the superfamily Coccoidea. 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. ...
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Morrison – Fiji
References
Ortheziidae
Sternorrhyncha genera
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