Neofidia pedinops

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 pedinops

Name

Neofidia pedinops (Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008)

Holotype: MCZ. ♂. "FL: Madison Co.; 0.4 mi. W of Hwy 6 on Hwy 90; 26-V-1992 coll. M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis sp. / HOLOTYPE Fidia pedinops M.S.Strother 1993 [red]".

Paratypes (50):

• "AL: Barbour Co.; 4 mi west of Hwy 431 on Hwy 82; 31-V- 1992 coll. M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis sp. & Parthenocissus quinquefolia" (AUEM:7)
• "AL: Henry Co.; 3.2 mi North of Hwy 431 on Hwy 173; 31-V-1992 coll. M. S. Strother / collected on mixed Vitaceae" (MSS:5)
• "AL: Houston Co.; 3.8 mi N of state line on Hwy 109; 31-V-1992; M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis sp." (MSS:2)
• "AL: Houston Co.; at the jct of Hwy 231 & 109; 31-V-1992 coll. M. S. Strother / collected on mixed Vitaceae" (MSS:1)
• "FL: Hamilton Co.; 3.5 miles W. of Hwy 441 on C.R. 6; 30-V-1992 coll. M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis sp." (MCZ:10)
• "FL: Jackson co.;5.1 mi, W of Hwy 231 on Hwy 169; 1-VI-1992 coll. by M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis sp." (LSUC [Louisiana State University Insect collection]:3)
• "FL: Jackson Co.; at Jct. of Hwy 231 & 161; 31-V-1992 coll. M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis sp." (MSS:5)
• "FL: Madison Co.; 0.4 mi. W of Hwy 6 on Hwy 90; 26-V-1992 coll. M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis sp." (USNM:12)
• "FL: Suwannee Co.; 0.1 mi W of Columbia Co. line on Hwy 90; 26-V-1992; M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis rotundifolia" (LSUC [Louisiana State University Insect collection]:2)
• "GA: Chattahoochee Co.; 2.5mi W of Marion Co. line on Hwy 26; 25-V-1992; M.S.Strother / collected on Vitis sp." (UGCA [University of Georgia, Athens, GA]:2)
• "GA: Marion Co.; 6.1 mi W. of Schley Co. line on Hwy 26; 25-V-1992; coll. by M. S. Strother / collected on Vitis sp." (UGCA [University of Georgia, Athens, GA]:1).

• Note:: each paratype bears the label "PARATYPE Fidia pedinops M.S.Strother 1993".

Type locality: "FL: Madison Co.; 0.4 mi. W of Hwy 6 on Hwy 90".

Synonymy

• Fidia murina Dejean, 1836: 412 (nomen nudum)
• Fidia pedinops Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008: 54
• Neofidia pedinops (Strother in Strother & Staines, 2008): Kumari et al., 2020: 6

References

Primary references

• Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1836. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 5]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. pp. 361–443. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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.