Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data
Author
Gao, Chuan-bu
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Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang Road W., Guangzhou 510260, China. Unidad de Protección Vegetal. Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA) e Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA 2) (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Avenida Montañana, 930. 50059 Zaragoza, Spain. & Buzh.
Buzh.Gao@msn.com
Author
Coca-Abia, María Milagro
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mcoca@aragon.es
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-05-12
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Miridiba brancuccii
(
Sabatinelli, 1983
)
Neodontocnema brancuccii
Sabatinelli, 1983: 211
, figs 1–2 (
type
loc.: Darjeeling,
India
).
Miridiba brancuccii
–
Smetana & Král 2006: 222
(combination; catalogue). —
Coca-Abia 2008: 677
, 684 (in key). —
Bezděk 2016: 271
(catalogue).
Diagnosis
See
Sabatinelli (1983)
.
Remarks
Sabatinelli (1983)
described
Neodontocnema brancuccii
ignoring the papers of
Chang (1964)
and
Nomura (1977)
in which
Neodontocnema
was synonymized with
Miridiba
. Later,
Smetana & Král (2006)
transferred this species to
Miridiba
, which was confirmed by
Bezděk (2016)
. According to the original description based on a unique male specimen, features of male genitalia such as parameres with two dorsal and two ventral branches (
Sabatinelli 1983
: figs 1–2) characterize to morphotype I “
Trichophora
”. Hence, this species is included in this genital morphotype.
Distribution
India
(
West Bengal
).