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
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2021-05-12
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Miridiba hanoiensis
Keith, 2006
Miridiba hanoiensis
Keith, 2006: 44
(
type
loc.:
Tonkin
,
Vietnam
).
Miridiba hanoiensis
–
Coca-Abia 2008: 680
.
Diagnosis
See
Keith (2006)
.
Remarks
Keith (2006)
described
Miridiba hanoiensis
based on only
one male
specimen designated as
holotype
. This species shows features of external morphology that characterize
Miridiba
. On the other hand, the male genitalia described and illustrated by
Keith (2006)
do not provide enough data on the genital morphology, making it difficult to specify the morphotype to which this species belongs. Nevertheless, the acicular expansions at the base of the aedeagus described by
Keith (2006)
, which could be ventral branches, and the antenna 9-segmented lead us to believe that this species could belong to morphotype I “
Trichophora
”.
Distribution
Vietnam
(
Hanoi
).