Neofidia dichroma

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 dichroma

Name

Neofidia dichroma (Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008)

Holotype: MCZ. ♂. "MEXICO: Chiapas Mirador El Caminero on hwy. 195 27 June 1990 R. Turnbow / HOLOTYPE Fidia dichroma M.S.Strother 1993 [red]".

Paratypes (7):

• "GUATEMALA: Suchitepeqeuz Zapotitlan, 1525 meters Finca Las Nubes 16 June '73 Ginter Ekis / Comp. with Bowditch coll. Not in MCZC MCZC-B, E.G.Riley, 87 / " (EGRC:1)
• same data as holotype (RHT:1)
• "MEXICO: Chiapas Mirador El Caminero Hwy 195 11km S Rayon 1900m, 27-VI-1990 M.C. Thomas" (FSCA:2)
• "10 mi. N. Bochil Chis. Mex.V.4, 1969 H.F.Howden" (CMNC:1)
• "Col. Pinabeto, Chapis [sic], Mex. VII-22-74 / Coll. by W.F. Chamberlain" (TAMU:2).
• Note: Each paratype also bears the label, "PARATYPE Fidia dichroma M. S. Strother 1993 [yellow]".

Type locality: "MEXICO: Chiapas Mirador El Caminero on hwy. 195".

Synonymy

• Fidia dichroma Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008: 39
• Neofidia dichroma (Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008): Kumari et al., 2020: 6

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.