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For the leaf beetle genus from the New World, see [Neofidia](/source/Neofidia).

For the car, see [Iso Fidia](/source/Iso_Fidia).

***Fidia*** (formerly known as ***Lypesthes***) is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae).[3][4] It is distributed in [East Asia](/source/East_Asia), [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia) and [Africa](/source/Africa).[5][6]

## Taxonomic history

See also: [Neofidia](/source/Neofidia)

In 1861, [Victor Motschulsky](/source/Victor_Motschulsky) described a new species of beetle from Japan with the name *Fidia atra*. In 1863, [Joseph Sugar Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly) designated *Fidia atra* as the type species of a newly established genus with the name *Lypesthes*. In a 2008 review of the New World genus *Fidia* Baly, 1863, it was determined that Motschulsky's species description made the name *Fidia* available first, meaning that *Lypesthes* Baly, 1863 is a junior synonym of *Fidia* Motschulsky, 1861 and that *Fidia* Baly, 1863 is a junior homonym.[7]

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](/source/International_Commission_on_Zoological_Nomenclature) 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 33 species currently recognised in the genus *Fidia*:[1]

Subgenus ***Fidia*** [Motschulsky](/source/Victor_Motschulsky), 1861

- *[Fidia albida](/source/Fidia_albida)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1923)[9]
- *[Fidia atra](/source/Fidia_atra)* [Motschulsky](/source/Victor_Motschulsky), 1861
- *[Fidia basalis](/source/Fidia_basalis)* ([Chen](/source/Chen_Shixiang), 1940)
- *[Fidia bicoloripes](/source/Fidia_bicoloripes)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1936)
- *[Fidia bisquamosa](/source/Fidia_bisquamosa)* ([Chen](/source/Chen_Shixiang), 1935)
- *[Fidia brancuccii](/source/Fidia_brancuccii)* (Medvedev, 1993)
- *[Fidia carinata](/source/Fidia_carinata)* (Eroshkina, 1992)
- *[Fidia fulva](/source/Fidia_fulva)* ([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1878)
- *[Fidia gracilicornis](/source/Fidia_gracilicornis)* ([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1861)
- *[Fidia impressa](/source/Fidia_impressa)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1928)[10][6]
- *[Fidia indica](/source/Fidia_indica)* ([Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby), 1908)
- *[Fidia irregularis](/source/Fidia_irregularis)* (Eroshkina, 1992)
- *[Fidia itoi](/source/Fidia_itoi)* (Chûjô, 1954)[11]
- *[Fidia japonica](/source/Fidia_japonica)* (Ohno, 1958)
- *[Fidia kiiensis](/source/Fidia_kiiensis)* (Ohno, 1958)
- *[Fidia laeta](/source/Fidia_laeta)* (Medvedev, 2007)[12]
- *[Fidia lewisi](/source/Fidia_lewisi)* ([Baly](/source/Joseph_Sugar_Baly), 1878)
- *[Fidia mausonica](/source/Fidia_mausonica)* (Eroshkina, 1992)
- *[Fidia medvedevi](/source/Fidia_medvedevi)* Kumari *et al.*, 2020
- *[Fidia perelegans](/source/Fidia_perelegans)* ([Gressitt](/source/Judson_Linsley_Gressitt) & [Kimoto](/source/Shinsaku_Kimoto), 1961)
- *[Fidia phoebicola](/source/Fidia_phoebicola)* (Tan, 1983)
- *[Fidia picea](/source/Fidia_picea)* ([Gressitt](/source/Judson_Linsley_Gressitt) & [Kimoto](/source/Shinsaku_Kimoto), 1961)
- *[Fidia regalis](/source/Fidia_regalis)* (Medvedev & Zoia, 1996)[13]
- *[Fidia rufa](/source/Fidia_rufa)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1924)[14][6]
- *[Fidia shirozui](/source/Fidia_shirozui)* ([Kimoto](/source/Shinsaku_Kimoto), 1969)[15]
- *[Fidia sinensis](/source/Fidia_sinensis)* ([Gressitt](/source/Judson_Linsley_Gressitt) & [Kimoto](/source/Shinsaku_Kimoto), 1961)
- *[Fidia striata](/source/Fidia_striata)* (Eroshkina, 1992)
- *[Fidia submaculata](/source/Fidia_submaculata)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1924)[14]
- *[Fidia subregularis](/source/Fidia_subregularis)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1923)[9]
- *[Fidia sulcatifrons](/source/Fidia_sulcatifrons)* ([Gressitt](/source/Judson_Linsley_Gressitt) & [Kimoto](/source/Shinsaku_Kimoto), 1961)
- *[Fidia vietnamica](/source/Fidia_vietnamica)* (Eroshkina, 1992)
- *[Fidia vittata](/source/Fidia_vittata)* (Zhou & Tan, 1997)

Subgenus ***Lypesthinia*** [Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1939

- *[Fidia multidentata](/source/Fidia_multidentata)* ([Pic](/source/Maurice_Pic), 1939)

## References

1. 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](https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.654)***

1. Baly, J. S. (1863). ["An attempt at a classification of the Eumolpidae"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13387745). *The Journal of Entomology*. **2**: 143–163.

1. ["Fidia"](http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Fidia.html). *African Eumolpinae site*. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

1. ["Lypesthinia"](http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/genere_Lypesthinia.html). *African Eumolpinae site*. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

1. Moseyko, A. G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). ["Eumolpinae"](https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620). *Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea*. Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.). Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.

1. Kimoto, S. & Gressitt, J. L. (1982). ["Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae"](https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_download_md/2421/1.pdf). *Esakia*. **18**: 1–141. [doi:10.5109/2421](https://doi.org/10.5109/2421). [hdl:2324/2421](https://hdl.handle.net/2324/2421). [S2CID 83265328](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:83265328)

1. Strother, M.S. & Staines, C.L. (2008). ["A revision of the New World genus *Fidia* Baly 1863 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Adoxini)"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305682170). *[Zootaxa](/source/Zootaxa)*. **1798**: 1–100. [doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1798.1.1](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1798.1.1)

1. ICZN (2009). "Opinion 2227 (Case 3375) *Fidia* Baly, 1863 and *Lypesthes* Baly, 1863 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage not conserved and priority maintained for *Fidia* Motschulsky, 1860". *[The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature](/source/The_Bulletin_of_Zoological_Nomenclature)*. **66** (2): 198–200. [doi:10.21805/bzn.v66i2.a12](https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v66i2.a12). [S2CID 177769135](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:177769135)

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1. Chûjô, M. (1954). ["Descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of the genus *Lypesthes* Baly from Japan, including some notices on its two other known-species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)"](https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/9548/1/18(3-4)_p103-108.pdf). *Insecta Matsumurana*. **18** (3–4): 103–108. [hdl:2115/9548](https://hdl.handle.net/2115/9548)

1. Medvedev, L.N. (2007). ["New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130830222340/http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/sites/default/files/publikationen/serie-a/a_702.pdf). *Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde*. '***(702): 1–19. Serie A (Biologie). Archived from [the original](http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/sites/default/files/publikationen/serie-a/a_702.pdf) on 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2019-03-09.***

1. Medvedev, L. N. & Zoia, S. (1996). "New and interesting species of Eumolpinae from Pakistan and Thailand (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)". *Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e Bachicoltura*. **28** (2): 111–117. 2.

1. Pic, M. (1924). ["Nouveautés diverses"](http://brittlebooks.library.illinois.edu/brittlebooks_open/Books2011-09/picmau0001melexo/picmau0001melexov00000i00041/picmau0001melexov00000i00041.pdf). *Mélanges Exotico–Entomologiques*. **41**: 1–32.

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