Valid Names Results

Newsteadia chihpena Shiau & Kozár in Kozár, 2004 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Nomenclatural History

• Newsteadia chipena Tao 1999: 7. nomen nudum Notes: Tao (1999) refers to Newsteadia chipena Shiau, but this species was proposed in a 1990 Masters thesis which was never published in accordance with the ICZN guidelines.
• Newsteadia chihpena Shiau & Kozár in Kozár 2004: 66-67. Type data: TAIWAN: Chihpen, Taitung, 25/02/1990.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: One paratype from the same collection as the holotype. Two paratypes from Lanhsu (Taigun), 05/11/1989, Y.C.Shiau, also deposited in NTUDE.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhengWuXi2023: pp.207 ( Adult (F) ) [Newsteadia species in China]
• ZhengXi2021: pp.503-504 ( Adult (F) ) [Newsteadia species in China]
• Kozar2004: pp.38-41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Newsteadia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Newsteadia chihpena is similar to N. zimmermani, but differs in the absence of microtubular ducts in the ovisac band, setose anal ring setae, absence of quadrilocular pore groups, and other details (Kozár, 2004).
• Structure: Adult female body is oval, with membranous derm. Length 1.99 mm, width 1.67 mm.
• Biology: Newsteadia chihpena was reported from litter and rotting tree trunk in moist wood (Kozár, 2004).

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