Neofidia humeralis

Lefèvre, 1877

Neofidia humeralis is a of in the . It was first described by French Édouard Lefèvre in 1877, originally as two separate species (Fidia humeralis and Fidia plagiata) that were later synonymized. The species occurs in the southwestern United States and Mexico, with records from Arizona, New Mexico, and southward through the Sierra Madre mountain systems to Oaxaca.

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How to pronounce Neofidia humeralis: /niːoʊˈfɪdiə hjuːˈmeɪrəlɪs/

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Distribution

Southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, United States; southward along the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur to Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico.

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Taxonomic History

Originally described as two distinct by Lefèvre in 1877: Fidia humeralis and Fidia plagiata. These were subsequently determined to represent the same species and synonymized under the current combination Neofidia humeralis.

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