Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data Author Gao, Chuan-bu D260A269-8B1F-41CE-AD17-703E2BBE07F3 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 AA630400-F786-448F-952E-DC786CA8644A mcoca@aragon.es text European Journal of Taxonomy 2021 2021-05-12 749 1 94 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355 journal article 6634 10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355 83109e54-596a-4be0-ac2c-c4e1702cfb8a 2118-9773 4770293 25FD5744-861D-45E4-B6AD-350716AA29BF 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 ).