''Fidia'' (formerly known as ''Lypesthes'') is a
genus
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of
leaf beetle
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s in the subfamily
Eumolpinae
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. It is distributed in
East Asia
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,
Southeast Asia
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and
Africa
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.
Taxonomic history
In 1861,
Victor Motschulsky
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky (sometimes Victor von Motschulsky, russian: link=no, Виктор Иванович Мочульский, 11 April 1810, in St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, in Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested i ...
described a new species of beetle from Japan with the name ''Fidia atra''. In 1863,
Joseph Sugar Baly
Joseph Sugar Baly (1816 – 25 March 1890) was an English doctor and entomologist.
Born in Warwick where he would also die, Baly was a specialist in Coleoptera: Phytophaga. His collection is in the Natural History Museum
A natural history ...
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
ICZN 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: link=no, Виктор Иванович Мочульский, 11 April 1810, in St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, in Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in ...
, 1861
* ''
Fidia albida''
( Pic, 1923)
* ''
Fidia atra''
Motschulsky
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky (sometimes Victor von Motschulsky, russian: link=no, Виктор Иванович Мочульский, 11 April 1810, in St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, in Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in ...
, 1861
* ''
Fidia basalis''
( Chen, 1940)
* ''
Fidia bicoloripes''
( Pic, 1936)
* ''
Fidia bisquamosa''
( Chen, 1935)
* ''
Fidia brancuccii''
(Medvedev, 1993)
* ''
Fidia carinata''
(Eroshkina, 1992)
* ''
Fidia fulva''
( Baly, 1878)
* ''
Fidia gracilicornis''
( Baly, 1861)
* ''
Fidia impressa''
( Pic, 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''
( Pic, 1924)
* ''
Fidia shirozui''
( Kimoto, 1969)
* ''
Fidia sinensis''
( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961)
* ''
Fidia striata''
(Eroshkina, 1992)
* ''
Fidia submaculata''
( Pic, 1924)
* ''
Fidia subregularis''
( Pic, 1923)
* ''
Fidia sulcatifrons''
( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961)
* ''
Fidia vietnamica''
(Eroshkina, 1992)
* ''
Fidia vittata''
(Zhou & Tan, 1997)
Subgenus ''Lypesthinia''
Pic, 1939
* ''
Fidia multidentata''
( Pic, 1939)
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Asia
Beetles of Africa
Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky
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