Fidia Explained

Fidia (formerly known as Lypesthes) is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.[1] [2] It is distributed in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa.[3] [4]

Taxonomic history

See also: Neofidia. In 1861, Victor Motschulsky described a new species of beetle from Japan with the name Fidia atra. In 1863, Joseph Sugar Baly designated Fidia atra as the type species of a newly established genus with the name Lypesthes. In a 2008 review of the New World genus Fidia Baly, 1863, it was determined that Motschulsky's species description made the name Fidia available first, meaning that Lypesthes Baly, 1863 is a junior synonym of Fidia Motschulsky, 1861 and that Fidia Baly, 1863 is a junior homonym.[5]

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.[6] Following this ruling, Fidia Baly, 1863 was renamed to Neofidia in 2020.

Species

There are 33 species currently recognised in the genus Fidia:

Subgenus Fidia Motschulsky, 1861

Subgenus Lypesthinia Pic, 1939

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fidia. African Eumolpinae site. 9 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Lypesthinia. African Eumolpinae site. 9 March 2019.
  3. Book: Moseyko. A. G.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 2010. Eumolpinae. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark. Apollo Books. 619–643. 978-87-88757-84-2.
  4. Kimoto. S.. Gressitt. J. L.. 1982. Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae. Esakia. 18. 1–141. 10.5109/2421 . 2324/2421. 83265328 .
  5. M.S.. Strother. C.L.. Staines. 2008. A revision of the New World genus Fidia Baly 1863 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Adoxini). Zootaxa. 1798. 1–100. 10.11646/zootaxa.1798.1.1.
  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. 10.21805/bzn.v66i2.a12. 177769135.
  7. Pic. M.. 1923. Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico–Entomologiques. 40. 1–32.
  8. Pic. M.. 1928. Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico–Entomologiques. 52. 1–32.
  9. Chûjô. M.. 1954. Descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of the genus Lypesthes Baly from Japan, including some notices on its two other known-species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae). Insecta Matsumurana. 18. 3–4. 103–108. 2115/9548.
  10. L.N.. Medvedev. 2007. New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie). 702. 1–19. 2019-03-09. 2013-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20130830222340/http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/sites/default/files/publikationen/serie-a/a_702.pdf. dead.
  11. Medvedev. L. N.. Zoia. S.. 1996. New and interesting species of Eumolpinae from Pakistan and Thailand (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e Bachicoltura. 2. 28. 2. 111–117.
  12. Pic. M.. 1924. Nouveautés diverses. Mélanges Exotico–Entomologiques. 41. 1–32.
  13. Kimoto. S.. 1969. Notes on the Chrysomelidae from Taiwan II. Esakia. 7. 1–68. 10.5109/2358 . 2324/2358.

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