Fidia

Fidia (or Neofidia) is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in 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]

Taxonomic history

The name "Fidia" was first used in 1836 by the French entomologist Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in his Catalogue des Coléoptères, listing two species from the New World, F. lurida and F. murina. No etymology was given for the name "Fidia", and some later entomologists have considered it as an arbitrary combination of letters. Because no description or indication was given for either of the two species in Dejean's catalogue, they are considered nomina nuda, and likewise Fidia Dejean is also considered a nomen nudum.[2]

In 1861, Victor Motschulsky described a new species of beetle from Japan with the name Fidia atra. Motschulsky's species description, in combination with the generic name Fidia, consititutes an indication for the latter, thereby making the name Fidia available.[2]

In 1863, Joseph Sugar Baly provided a description of Dejean's Fidia and Fidia lurida, making both names available (and making Fidia Baly, 1863 a junior homonym of Fidia Motschulsky, 1861). In the same work, Baly also established the Old World genera Lypesthes, with Motschulsky's Fidia atra as the type species, and Leprotes, which was later treated as a junior synonym of Lypesthes. Following Baly's work, the name Lypesthes was consistently used for the Old World genus group based on Fidia atra, while Fidia was consistently used for the New World genus group based on Fidia lurida.[2][6]

An application to suppress Fidia Motschulsky, 1861 (with the year incorrectly given as "1860") and conserve usage of Fidia Baly, 1863 and Lypesthes Baly, 1863 was submitted to the ICZN in 2006. This proposal was rejected by the commission in 2009, upholding the priority of Fidia Motschulsky, 1861.[7] Following this ruling, Fidia Baly, 1863 was renamed to Neofidia in 2020.[6]

Species

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. 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.
  7. 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.
  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.


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