Four new species of the genus Miridiba Reitter (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from China Author Gao, Chuan-Bu Author Bai, Ming Author Fang, Hong Author Yu, Zhi-Guo text Zootaxa 2018 2018-12-04 4527 1 1 20 journal article 27872 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.1 088bbc78-ee77-4fc8-b487-1e061da8009a 1175-5326 2611889 71CB1CF8-CC28-4D9B-BF30-7FE197E432A1 Miridiba ( Pledina ) sinensis ( Hope, 1845 ) Holotrichia sinensis Hope, 1842 : 60 , 1843: 63 , 1845: 8. Ancylonycha sinae Blanchard, 1851 : 139, Burmeister 1855: 136 (junior synonym of M. ( P. ) sinensis ). Holotrichia ( Pledina ) sinensis : Reitter 1902 : 174 , Smetana & Král 2006 : 219 . Miridiba ( Pledina ) sinensis : Nomura 1977 : 88 , Miyake 1991 : 9 , Li et al. 2015 : 533 , Bezděk 2016 : 272 . Rhizotrogus cribellatus Fairmaire, 1891 : 200 , Keith 2006 : 43 (junior synonym of M. ( P. ) sinensis ). Type locality. “Canton” (= China : Guangzhou ) . Type material examined. Lectotype , male, labelled: “ China / Canton [handwritten] // 60·15 / E.I.C [typeset] / Sinensis . Hope. [handwritten] // Lectotype / Miridiba sinensis ( Hope, 1845 ) / CH. Bu Gao & M. Coca-Abia , 2017 [typeset, red label]”, deposited in BMNH . Additional material examined. Two males, labelled: “ Hainan / 1952, Summer [handwritten, Chinese] // Holotrichia . sinensis Hope / Identified by Zhiliang Zhang [handwritten, Chinese]”, deposited in SYAU; male: “ Hainan Islands, Jian Fengling / 1992-4-5 / Guangchun Liu, Min Wang / Northwest Agriculture University [typeset, Chinese]”, deposited in NWAFU; male: “ Yunnan , Mengyang 790 m / 1991-?-8 / Liu Guangchun, Cai Wanzhi / NWAFU [typeset, Chinese] // Miridiba sinensis / ( Hope, 1845 ) / ( GCHB ) det. 2018”, deposited in NWAFU . Distribution. China ( Fujian , Hainan , Guangdong , Guangxi , Guizhou , Hainan , Hubei , Jiangsu , Jiangxi , Shandong , Taiwan , Yunnan, Zhejiang) ( Chang 1964 ; Wei 1989 ; Zhang & Li 1997 ). Remarks. Newly recorded for Hainan and Yunnan provinces.