S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 60. (Budapest, 1999)
FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK LX 1999 pp. 165-178 Revision of Newsteadia (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, with description of new species F. Kozár and Zs. Konczné Benedicty Revision of Newsteadia (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, with description of new species — Five new species of Newsteadia are described from the Oriental and the Palaearctic Regions. A key is presented for the identification of 8 species currently included in the genus from these regions. A modified concept of the genus is offered and some new characters are given as being diagnostic of the genus. The zoogeography of the genus is discussed. INTRODUCTION The Newsteadia genus was studied in detail by Morrison (1925, 1952), Kozár and Konczné Benedicty (1999a, b). Kozár (1998) mentioned two species for the Palaearctic Region. One species (A 7 , nepalensis) was described from the Oriental Region (Nepal) by Richard (1990). Another species (N. kanayana) was described from Japan by Kawai and Takagi (1971). No Newsteadia was recorded from other parts of the Oriental Region in works dealing with the family of Ortheziidae (Paik 1978; Tang 1986; Tao 1978; Varshney 1985, 1992, etc). The purpose of the present work is to provide a revision of the genus Newsteadia in the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, including descriptions of some new species. MATERIALS AND METHODS The insects described in this study were collected mostly by using Berlese funnel and are from the Hungarian collecting expeditions of soil arthropods (758 samples), from 12 countries (Afghanistan, Armenia, China, Hungary, India, Iraq, Korea D.P.R., Moldavia, Mongolia, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam) (Dr. Sándor Mahunka, Collection of Arachnida, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary) (HNHM). The collection numbers in the text are from the collection of Dr. S. Mahunka. In these samples 63 contained females of Ortheziidae, among them 15 samples contained Newsteadia species.
