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Neofidia
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Neofidia lurida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Neofidia
Strother, 2020 [1]
Type species
Fidia lurida
Baly, 1863
Synonyms [2]

Neofidia (formerly known as Fidia) is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in North and Central America. There are 24 species recognised in Neofidia. [2] [4] [5] [6]

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Etymology

The original name for the genus, Fidia, is taken from mythology. [7] The replacement name, Neofidia, refers to the fact it is a new name for Fidia Baly, 1863, as well as the distribution of the genus in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms. [1]

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. Because no description or indication was given for either species, they are considered nomina nuda . 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, constitutes 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] [1]

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. [8] Following this ruling, Fidia Baly, 1863 was renamed to Neofidia in 2020. [1]

Species

There are 24 species currently recognised in the genus Neofidia: [2] [1]

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

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

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eumolpini</span> Tribe of leaf beetles

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<i>Glyptoscelis</i> Genus of leaf beetles

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Chrysodinopsis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It was first described by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1950. There are three described species in Chrysodinopsis. The genus is possibly synonymous with Brachypnoea.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Typophorini</span> Tribe of leaf beetles

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<i>Neofidia lurida</i> Species of beetle

Neofidia lurida, the grape rootworm, is a species of leaf beetle. Grape rootworms are found in eastern North America, south to Mexico, and have been recently reported as far north as Quebec. Adults are typically 4.9 to 7.0 mm in length. They are colored mahogany brown, and are covered with white to straw-yellow hairs.

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<i>Fidia</i> Genus of leaf beetles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bromiini</span> Tribe of leaf beetles

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<i>Fidia atra</i> Species of leaf beetle

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