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.Hoy, J. M. Re-description of Newsteadia myersi 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:
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
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