Newsteadia

Newsteadia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Ortheziidae
Genus:	Newsteadia ; Green, 1902
Species
	See text

Last updated April 26, 2025

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.^[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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[1] Hoy, J. M. Re-description of Newsteadia myersi

[2] 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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