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
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mcoca@aragon.es
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-05-12
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355
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Miridiba youweii
Gao & Fang, 2018
Miridiba youweii
Gao & Fang
in
Gao
et al
., 2018: 9
, figs 4, 6 (
type
loc.: Jingdong,
Yunnan
,
China
).
Miridiba youweii
–
Gao
et al
. 2019: 462
(species list; in key).
Diagnosis
See
Gao
et al
. (2018)
.
Remarks
Gao
et al
. (2018)
described
Miridiba youweii
based on the male
holotype
and
110 paratypes
(
71 males
and
39 females
) conserved in IZCAS. Antenna 9-segmented, pronotal surface densely punctate and parameres with two dorsal and two ventral branches (
Gao
et al
. 2018
: fig. 4) allow us to include
M. youweii
in morphotype I “
Trichophora
”.
Distribution
China
(
Guizhou
,
Yunnan
,
Zhejiang
)
Species included in Morphotype II “Gressitti”
The group is composed of two species, which are characterized by antenna 10-segmented, pronotal surface scattered punctate (distance between punctures greater than diameter of puncture), and male and female genitalia as specified above.