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Newsteadia mauritiana Mamet, 1943 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Newsteadia mauritiana Mamet 1943: 117. Type data: MAURITIUS: Cocotte Mountain, on moss, 27/12/1941, by Mamet. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: Type information from Matile-Ferrero (personal communication, April 8, 1998).
Newsteadia mauritiana Mamet 1943a: 144. nomen nudum

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

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]
MillerKo2002: pp.205 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Afrotropical Newsteadia]
Morris1952: pp.58 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Newsteadia]
Mamet1943: pp.120 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Newsteadia]

Systematics: N. mauritana is most similar to N. gomyi but differs in the position of sessile quadrilocular pores on the anterior portion of the ovisac, number of antennal setae, number of tibial-tarsal setae, and degree of development of the wax plate (Miller & Kozár 2002).
Structure: Adult female body covered with waxy dorsal and ventral lamellae short and compact. Ovisac short (Mamet, 1943).
Biology: Specimens collected from wood or vegetation undergoing decay, in damp or semi-damp conditions (Mamet, 1947), and on fungus growing on rotting wood (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Mamet (1943). Redescription and illustration by (Miller & Kozár 2002) and by Kozár (2004).