''Fidia'' (formerly known as ''Lypesthes'') is a

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s in the subfamily

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. It is distributed in

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Taxonomic history

In 1861,

Victor Motschulsky Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, sometimes Victor von Motschulsky ( Russian: Виктор Иванович Мочульский; 11 April 1810, St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles. ...

described a new species of beetle from Japan with the name ''Fidia atra''. In 1863,

Joseph Sugar Baly Joseph Sugar Baly (1816 – 27 March 1890) was an English medical doctor and entomologist. He described a number of species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. Baly was born in Warwick, first son of Joseph Baly. He studied at the local gramm ...

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. 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

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in 2006. This proposal was rejected by the commission in 2009, upholding the priority of ''Fidia'' Motschulsky, 1861. 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 Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, sometimes Victor von Motschulsky (Russian: Виктор Иванович Мочульский; 11 April 1810, St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Mo ...

, 1861 * '' Fidia albida'' (

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, 1923) * '' Fidia atra''

, 1861 * '' Fidia basalis'' ( Chen, 1940) * '' Fidia bicoloripes'' (

, 1936) * '' Fidia bisquamosa'' ( Chen, 1935) * '' Fidia brancuccii'' (Medvedev, 1993) * '' Fidia carinata'' (Eroshkina, 1992) * '' Fidia fulva'' ( Baly, 1878) * '' Fidia gracilicornis'' ( Baly, 1861) * '' Fidia impressa'' (

, 1928) * '' Fidia indica'' ( Jacoby, 1908) * '' Fidia irregularis'' (Eroshkina, 1992) * '' Fidia itoi'' (Chûjô, 1954) * '' Fidia japonica'' (Ohno, 1958) * '' Fidia kiiensis'' (Ohno, 1958) * '' Fidia laeta'' (Medvedev, 2007) * '' Fidia lewisi'' ( Baly, 1878) * '' Fidia mausonica'' (Eroshkina, 1992) * '' Fidia medvedevi'' Kumari ''et al.'', 2020 * '' Fidia perelegans'' ( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) * '' Fidia phoebicola'' (Tan, 1983) * '' Fidia picea'' ( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) * '' Fidia regalis'' (Medvedev & Zoia, 1996) * '' Fidia rufa'' (

, 1924) * '' Fidia shirozui'' ( Kimoto, 1969) * '' Fidia sinensis'' ( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) * '' Fidia striata'' (Eroshkina, 1992) * '' Fidia submaculata'' (

, 1924) * '' Fidia subregularis'' (

, 1923) * '' Fidia sulcatifrons'' ( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) * '' Fidia vietnamica'' (Eroshkina, 1992) * '' Fidia vittata'' (Zhou & Tan, 1997) Subgenus ''Lypesthinia''

, 1939 * '' Fidia multidentata'' (

, 1939)

References

Eumolpinae Chrysomelidae genera Beetles of Asia Beetles of Africa Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky {{Eumolpinae-stub