Neofidia texana

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Neofidia texana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Neofidia
Species:
N. texana
Binomial name
Neofidia texana
(Schaeffer, 1934) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Fidia viticida var. texanaSchaeffer, 1934

Neofidia texana is a species of leaf beetle [3] [4] [5] [6] that is found in North America. [3] It occurs in central and east-central Texas, and is associated with plants in the grape family (Vitaceae). Neofidia texana was first described as a variety of Fidia viticida by the American entomologist Charles Frederic August Schaeffer in 1934. It is now considered to be a separate species. [7]

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References

  1. Schaeffer, C. (1933). "Short studies in the Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) (Continued)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (published February 6, 1934). 41 (4): 457–480. JSTOR   25004529.
  2. 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 .
  3. 1 2 "Fidia texana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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  5. "Fidia texana". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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  7. 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.

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