Fidia

Fidia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North and Central America. There are 24 species recognised in Fidia.[2][3][4][5]

Fidia
Fidia viticida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Eumolpinae
Tribe:	Bromiini
Genus:	Fidia Baly, 1863[1]
Type species
Fidia lurida (= Fidia viticida Walsh, 1867) (?) Baly, 1863[1]
Synonyms[2]
Atonia Gistel, 1848 (nomen nudum) Fidia Dejean, 1836 (nomen nudum) Fidea Glover, 1868 (misspelling)

Fidia Motschulsky, 1860 has priority over this genus; an application to suppress Fidia Motschulsky, 1860 and conserve usage of Fidia Baly, 1863 and Lypesthes Baly, 1863 (a junior synonym of Fidia Motschulsky, 1860) was submitted to the ICZN in 2006, but was rejected by them in 2009.[6] Following this ruling, Fidia Baly, 1863 was renamed to Neofidia in 2020.[7]

Species

• Fidia albovittata Lefèvre, 1877[8] (synonyms: F. sallei Lefèvre, 1877;[8] F. unistriata Jacoby, 1882[9])[2]
• Fidia cana Horn, 1892[10]
• Fidia chapini Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia clematis Schaeffer, 1904[11]
• Fidia comalensis Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia confusa Strother in E. Riley, S. Clark and Seeno, 2003
• Fidia convexicollis Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia costaricensis Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia delilahae Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia dicelloposthe Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia dichroma Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia guatemalensis Jacoby, 1879[12]
• Fidia humeralis Lefèvre, 1877[8]
• Fidia longipes (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
• Fidia marraverpa Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia papillata Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia pedestris Lefèvre, 1877[8]
• Fidia pedinops Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia rileyorum Strother, 2008[2]
• Fidia spuria Lefèvre, 1877[8] (synonym: F. atra Jacoby, 1882[9])[2]
• Fidia texana Schaeffer, 1933[13]
• Fidia tibialis Jacoby, 1890[14]
• Fidia viticida Walsh, 1867 (synonym: F. lurida Baly, 1863[1] nomen oblitum?) – Grape rootworm
• Fidia xanthonioides Strother, 2008[2]

Fidia murina Glover, 1868 is considered a nomen dubium.[2]

Fidia lateralis Jacoby, 1882 was transferred to Xanthonia.[2]

References

1. Baly, J. S. (1863). "An attempt at a classification of the Eumolpidae". The Journal of Entomology. 2: 143–163.
2. Strother, M.S.; Staines, C.L. (2008). "A revision of the New World genus Fidia Baly 1863 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Adoxini)". Zootaxa. 1798: 1–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1798.1.1.
3. "Fidia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
4. "Fidia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
5. "Fidia Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
6. ICZN (2009). "Opinion 2227 (Case 3375) Fidia Baly, 1863 and Lypesthes Baly, 1863 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage not conserved and priority maintained for Fidia Motschulsky, 1860". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 66 (2): 198–200. doi:10.21805/bzn.v66i2.a12.
7. Kumari, S. Amritha; Moseyko, A. G.; Strother, M. S.; Prathapan, K. D. (2020). "Neofidia Strother, a new name for Fidia Baly, 1863 and redescription of Fidia kanaraensis (Jacoby, 1895) with a new host record and notes on natural history (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 654: 1–25. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.654.
8. Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Eumolpides (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5. 7: 115–166.
9. Jacoby, M. (1881). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. Published for the editors by R. H. Porter]. pp. 105–187.
10. Horn, G. H. (1892). "The Eumolpini of Boreal America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 19: 195–234. JSTOR 25076581.
11. Schaeffer, C. (1904). "New Genera and Species of Coleoptera". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 12 (4): 197–236. JSTOR 25003118.
12. Jacoby, M. (1879). "Descriptions of new species of Phtytophaga (Coleoptera)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1879: 773–793.
13. Schaeffer, C. (1933). "Short studies in the Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) (Continued)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 41 (4): 457–480. JSTOR 25004529.
14. Jacoby, M. (1890). "Eumolpidae". Insecta. Coleoptera, Supplement to Phytophaga. Biologia Centrali-Americana. 6. Published for the editors by R. H. Porter]. pp. 183–241.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Gilbert, Arthur J. (2001). "New records, nomenclatural changes, and taxonomic notes for select North American leaf beetles". Insecta Mundi. 15 (1): 1–17.