Neofidia texana

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 texana

Name

Neofidia texana (Schaeffer, 1934)

Holotype: USNM. ♀. "N Braunfels, Tex [handwritten], Charles Schaeffer Collection, H. S. Barber Bequest 1950, Fidia viticida texana Schaeffer [white label with red border]".

Type locality: "New Braunfels, Texas".

Synonymy

• Fidia viticida var. texana Schaeffer, 1934: 472
• Fidia texans: Balsbaugh & Hays, 1972: 73 [misspelling; as a synonym of Fidia viticida]
• Fidia texana: Strother in Riley, Clark & Seeno, 2003: 152 ["NEW STATUS"]
• Neofidia texana: Kumari et al., 2020: 7

References

Primary references

• Balsbaugh, E.U., Jr. & Hays, K.L. 1972. The Leaf Beetles of Alabama (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 441: 1–223. hdl: 11200/2376 .
• 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. 
• Riley, E.G., Clark, S.M. & Seeno, T.N. 2003. Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopididae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 1. Sacramento, CA. 290 pp. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page. 
• Schaeffer, C.F.A. 1934 [imprint 1933]. Short studies in the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 41(4): 457–480. JSTOR . BHL.

Additional references

• 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.