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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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355
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Miridiba enigmatica
Keith, 2020
Miridiba (Pledina) enigmatica
Keith, 2020: 4
, figs 8–10 (
type
loc.: Mt Axan, Tay Giang,
Quang Nam
,
Vietnam
).
Diagnosis
See
Keith (2020)
.
Remarks
According to the original descriptions (
Keith 2020
), this species shows features that characterize
Miridiba
on head (punctures, frontal carina, labrum); legs (longitudinal carina of foretibia; tufts of first four tarsomeres) and genitalia (parameres with branches). Unfortunately, we were unable to study the
types
and the male genitalia illustrated by
Keith (2020)
does not allow us to assign this species to any genital morphotype. Therefore,
M. enigmatica
is considered as species incertae sedis within the genus
Miridiba
.
Distribution
Vietnam
.