Neofidia xanthonioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Bromiini
Genus: Neofidia
Species: Neofidia xanthonioides

Name

Neofidia xanthonioides (Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008)

Holotype: EGRC deposited in MCZ. ♂. "MEX: Mich., 4 mi. W. Patzcuaro, 7400' VIII-14-82: C.W. & L. O'Brien & G. Wibmer / Not in MCZC [handwritten] MCZC-B, E.G. Riley, '87 / HOLOTYPE Fidia xanthonioides M.S.Strother 1993 [red]"

Paratypes (2♀♀, TAMU):

• "MEX: Jal. 24.8km. S.W. Ciudad Guzman, 2286m 2.viii.88, R.S. Anderson pine-oak for. 88–21 / PARATYPE Fidia xanthonioides M.S.Strother 1993 [yellow]"
• "MEXICO: Oaxaca 2 miles north San Jose Pacifico July 20, 1974 Clark, Murray, Ashe, Schaffner / PARATYPE Fidia xanthonioides M.S.Strother 1993 [yellow]"

Type locality: ""MEX: Mich., 4 mi. W. Patzcuaro, 7400'".

Synonymy

• Fidia xanthonioides Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008: 94
• Neofidia xanthonioides (Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008): Kumari et al., 2020: 7

References

Primary references

• Kumari, S.A., 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 . Reference page. 
• 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. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1798.1.1 . ResearchGate, ResearchGate . Reference page.