Towards identification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of continental Africa: 2. Checklists and keys to six archaeococcoid families Author Watson, Gillian W. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-03-04 5105 3 301 356 journal article 20341 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.3.1 797fca93-60bf-40ce-bb55-e5cb695f6356 1175-5326 6332761 187B04D7-4C35-4E27-9B2D-A616BF59F380 Genus Newsteadia Green Newsteadia is a genus of 58 species found worldwide, living in leaf litter and in moss growing in moist environments; nine species have been recorded in continental Africa ( Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2000 ; Miller & Kozár 2002 ; García Morales et al . 2016 ). In life, the dorsal submedian wax plates all project forwards ( Kozár 2004 ). In Africa they are of no economic significance. Key to species of Newsteadia in East Africa, based on Kozár (2004) 1(0) Setae on antenna hair-like. Medial areas of dorsum with wide bands of bare cuticle................ angustilinea ( Fig. 24 ) - Setae on antenna spine-like. Medial areas of dorsum mostly covered in spine-like setae, with only narrow bands of bare cuticle...................................................................................... turbinespina