# Fidia atra

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fidia_atra
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fidia_atra.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidia_atra
> Source revision: 1322616284
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

***Fidia atra*** is a species of [leaf beetle](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the family [Chrysomelidae](/source/Chrysomelidae).[3] It is distributed in [Japan](/source/Japan), [China](/source/China), [Korea](/source/Korea), and the [Russian Far East](/source/Russian_Far_East).[4]

The adult beetle is generally coloured black. In nature, the body is covered with a white powdery excrescence; when rubbed, it has a shining black colour. The distal ends of the [tibiae](/source/Arthropod_leg#Tibia), the [tarsi](/source/Arthropod_leg#Tarsus), the basal three segments of the [antennae](/source/Antenna_(biology)), and the [labrum](/source/Labrum_(arthropod_mouthpart)) are [fulvous](/source/Fulvous) in colour.[2]

The species was first described by [Victor Motschulsky](/source/Victor_Motschulsky) in 1861 from specimens that had been rubbed, therefore lacking the white powder covering the beetle's black body, giving it the name "*atra*" (from *ater*, the [Latin](/source/Latin) word for black). It was described again by [Martin Jacoby](/source/Martin_Jacoby) in 1885, this time with the white powder, under the name *Leprotes pulverulentus*. Later that same year, Jacoby realised that his species was identical to Motschulsky's and synonymised his own species with it.[5] The species was later described a third time by [Léon Fairmaire](/source/L%C3%A9on_Fairmaire) in 1889 under the name *Talmonus farinosus*, which was synonymised by Jacoby the following year.[6]

## References

1. Motschulsky, V. de (1861). ["Insectes du Japon"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52459891). *Études Entomologiques*. **9**: 4–39.

1. Jacoby, M. (1885). ["Descriptions of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan, obtained by Mr. George Lewis during his Second Journey, from February 1880 to September 1881. — Part I"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697149). *[Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Zoological_Society_of_London)*. **1885**: 190–211.

1. 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)"](https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/957/2283). *European Journal of Taxonomy*. '***(654). [doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.654](https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.654)***

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. Jacoby, M. (1885). ["Descriptions of the Phytophagous Coleoptera of Japan obtained by Mr. George Lewis during his Second Journey, from February 1880 to September 1881. — Part II. Halticinae and Galerucinae"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015828). *[Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Zoological_Society_of_London)*. **1885**: 719–755.

1. Jacoby, M. (1890). ["Descriptions of new species of phytophagous Coleoptera received by Mr. J. H. Leech, from Chang-Yang, China. (Continued from p. 89.)"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31267184). *[The Entomologist](/source/The_Entomologist)*. **23**: 114–118.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fidia atra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidia_atra) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidia_atra?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.