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