Valid Names Results

Newsteadia montana Mamet, 1947 (Ortheziidae: Newsteadia)

Nomenclatural History

Newsteadia montana Mamet 1943a: 144. nomen nudum
Newsteadia montana Mamet 1947: 31. Type data: MAURITIUS: Le Pouce Mountain, on saprophytic musci, 20/12/1942. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: Mamet (1947) states that the type is in his personal collection, but it is currently in the MNHN collection. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Bryophyta

Moss | Mamet1947

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Mauritius | Mamet1947 WilliaWi1988

Keys

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]

Remarks

Structure: Adult female is covered dorsally with pure white waxy secretion. Ovisac is short (Mamet, 1947).
General Remarks: Original description by Mamet (1947).

Illustrations

Citations

Hoy1962b: distribution, 516
Kozar2004: catalog, description, distribution, host, illustration, 108
Mamet1943a: distribution, host, 144
Mamet1947: description, distribution, taxonomy, 31
Mamet1948: distribution, host, 39
Morris1952: taxonomy, 62
Richar1979: taxonomy, 1079
WilliaWi1988: distribution, host, 46