Fidia Motschulsky, 1861

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, pp. 1-25 : 7-10

Genus Fidia Motschulsky, 1861

Fidia Motschulsky, 1861: 22 ( Strother et al. 2007 referred to International Commission on Zoological

Nomenclature (ICZN) for suppression); ICZN (2009) rejected Strother et al. 2007 and reaffirmed

priority. Endoxus Baly, 1861: 285 (misspelling). Lypesthes Baly, 1863: 152 , type species Fidia atra Motschulsky, 1861 . Leprotes Baly, 1863: 158 , type species Adoxus gracilicornis Baly, 1861 (synonymized with Lypesthes

Baly, 1863). Talmonus Fairmaire, 1889: 71 , type species Talmonus farinosus Fairmaire, 1889 ( Fidia atra Motschulsky,

1861) (synonymised with Lypesthes Baly, 1863 ). Lypesthinia Pic, 1939: 32 (valid subgenus) [type species Lypesthinia multidentata Pic, 1939: 32 ].

Lypesthes – Chapuis 1874: 273. — Gemminger & Harold 1874: 3376 (catalog). — Lefèvre 1885: 74. — Jacoby 1908: 395, 412. — Clavareau 1914: 76 (catalog). — Chen 1935: 370–371; 1940: 491. — Chûjô 1938: 30; 1956: 88, 101. — Ohno 1958: 178. — Gressitt & Kimoto 1961: 198, 269. — Chûjô & Kimoto 1961: 145. — Kimoto 1964: 256; 2005: 34. — Kimoto & Gressitt 1982: 73. — Seeno & Wilcox 1982: 62 (checklist). — Moseyko & Sprecher-Uebersax 2010: 624.

Leprotes – Baly 1878: 250. — Chapuis 1874: 273. — Lefèvre 1885: 80. — Jacoby 1885: 203; 1908: 396, 425–426. — Chen 1935: 370–371.

Talmonus – Jacoby 1890: 115.

Lypesthinia – Seeno & Wilcox 1982: 62 (checklist).

Type species

Fidia atra Motschulsky, 1861: 22 (not Fidia atra Jacoby, 1882 ).

Checklist of species

Fidia albida ( Pic, 1923) comb. nov.

Lypesthes albidus Pic, 1923: 16

Fidia atra Motschulsky, 1861: 22

Leprotes pulverulentus Jacoby, 1885: 203

Talmonus farinosus Fairmaire, 1889: 71

Leprotes testaceipes Pic, 1928: 26

Lypesthes ater fulvipes Chûjô, 1954: 106

Lypesthes ater ater f. tibialis Ohno, 1958: 174

Fidia basalis ( Chen, 1940) comb. nov.

Leprotes atra Pic, 1936: 15

Leprotes basalis Chen, 1940: 517 [replacement name for Leprotes atra Pic, 1936: 15 ]

Fidia bicoloripes ( Pic, 1936) comb. nov.

Leprotes bicoloripes Pic, 1936: 15

Fidia bisquamosa ( Chen, 1935) comb. nov.

Lypesthes bisquamosus Chen, 1935: 374

Fidia brancuccii ( Medvedev, 1993) comb. nov.

Hyperaxis brancuccii Medvedev, 1993: 362

Fidia carinata ( Eroshkina, 1992) comb. nov.

Lypesthes carinatus Eroshkina, 1992: 86

Fidia fulva ( Baly, 1878) comb. nov.

Leprotes fulvus Baly, 1878: 250

Lypesthes anger Chûjô, 1935: 204

Lypesthes taiwanus Chûjô, 1956: 105

Fidia gracilicornis ( Baly, 1861) comb. nov.

Adoxus gracilicornis Baly, 1861: 285

Lypesthes sauteri Chûjô, 1938: 30

Fidia impressa ( Pic, 1928) comb. nov.

Leprotes impressus Pic, 1928: 26

Fidia indica ( Jacoby, 1908) comb. nov.

Lypesthes indica Jacoby, 1908: 412

Fidia irregularis ( Eroshkina, 1992) comb. nov.

Lypesthes irregularis Eroshkina, 1992: 88

Fidia itoi ( Chûjô, 1954) comb. nov.

Lypesthes itoi Chûjô, 1954: 103

Fidia japonica ( Ohno, 1958) comb. nov.

Lypesthes japonicus Ohno, 1958: 179

Lypesthes babai Chûjô, 1958b: 4

Fidia kanaraensis ( Jacoby, 1895) comb. nov.

Leprotes kanaraensis Jacoby, 1895: 270

Fidia kiiensis ( Ohno, 1958) comb. nov.

Lypesthes kiiensis kiiensis Ohno, 1958: 177

Lypesthes kiiensis ab immaculatus Ohno, 1958: 179

Fidia laeta ( Medvedev, 2007) comb. nov.

Lypesthes laetus Medvedev, 2007: 8

Fidia lewisi ( Baly, 1878) comb. nov.

Leprotes lewisi Baly, 1878: 251

Fidia mausonica ( Eroshkina, 1992) comb. nov.

Lypesthes mausonica Eroshkina, 1992: 87

Fidia medvedevi nom. nov.

Lypesthes vietnamicus Medvedev, 2015: 324 (nec Lypesthes vietnamicus Eroshkina, 1992: 89 ) Fidia multidentata ( Pic, 1939) comb. nov.

Lypesthinia multidentata Pic, 1939: 32

Fidia perelegans ( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) comb. nov.

Lypesthes perelegans Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 271

Fidia phoebicola ( Tan, 1983) comb. nov.

Hyperaxis phoebicola Tan, 1983: 130

Fidia picea ( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) comb. nov.

Lypesthes piceus Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 271

Fidia regalis ( Medvedev & Zoia, 1996) comb. nov.

Lypesthes regalis Medvedev & Zoia, 1996: 116

Fidia rufa ( Pic, 1924) comb. nov.

Leprotes rufus Pic, 1924: 6

Fidia shirozui ( Kimoto, 1969) comb. nov.

Lypesthes shirozui Kimoto, 1969: 17

Lypesthes farinosus Chûjô, 1938: 30 (nec Pic, 1923, nec Fairmaire, 1889)

Lypesthes gracilicornis Chûjô, 1956: 106 (nec Baly, 1861)

Fidia sinensis ( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) comb. nov.

Lypesthes sinensis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 272

Fidia striata ( Eroshkina, 1992) comb. nov.

Lypesthes striatus Eroshkina, 1992: 84

Fidia submaculata ( Pic, 1924) comb. nov.

Leprotes submaculatus Pic, 1924: 6

Fidia subregularis ( Pic, 1923) comb. nov.

Leprotes subregularis Pic, 1923: 17

Leprotes farinosus Pic, 1923: 17

Fidia sulcatifrons ( Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961) comb. nov.

Lypesthes sulcatifrons Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961: 273

Fidia vietnamica ( Eroshkina, 1992) comb. nov.

Lypesthes vietnamicus Eroshkina, 1992: 89

Fidia vittata ( Zhou & Tan, 1997) comb. nov.

Lypesthes vittatus Zhou & Tan, 1997: 189

Remarks

For comparison of Fidia with the genus Neofidia Strother nom. nov., see ‘Remarks’ under Neofidia Strother nom. nov. The Old World genus Fidia belongs to a comparatively large genus-group of the tribe Adoxini , including the genera with bifid claws, straight fore margin of lateral arms of pronotum (‘propleura’), simple intercoxal mesothoracic process and tooth on underside of each femur. It is poorly delimited from the genus Hyperaxis Gemminger & Harold, 1874 , having a difference in longer pronotum, narrower hind femora with smaller tooth and smaller eyes.

Distribution

China, Indo-China, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Generic diagnosis

Body oblong, adorned with setae and or scales. Frons merges with vertex, hardly differentiated. Antenna filiform, longer than half of body length, longer than body length in some cases. Second antennomere usually shorter than first, longer than half of it, shorter than next three or four. Compound eyes lateral, hemispherical, feebly or not emarginate near antennal sockets. Antennal calli absent. Pronotum longer than wide or subquadrate, narrower than elytra, lateral margins incomplete, fore margin of lateral arms of pronotum (‘propleuron’) straight. Pygidium with or without elytral locking groove. Legs long, slender, all femora slightly thickened and toothed beneath, all tibiae longitudinally sulcate with rows of setae, mid- and hind tibiae not emarginate at apex, with short stout paired spines on apex. Claws bifid.