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Description of the
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: Body length: 18.0 mm (from anterior margin of clypeus to apex of elytra); body width:
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(width across humeri). Color dark reddish brown on head, pronotum; yellowish brown to dark reddish brown on scutellum, elytra, ventral surface, and legs; moderately shiny; dorsal surface glabrous (
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).
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. Surface densely punctate; punctures large; clypeus transverse, with apex moderately bilobed and reflexed, widened at base, nearly five times as long as wide (
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). Clypeofrontal suture clearly defined, weakly sinuated (
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). Frontal carina distinctly raised, weakly curved backwards, reaching periocular margins. Basal area of head with small punctures, poorly impressed, and sparser than forehead (
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). Antenna with 10 antennomeres, antennal club composed of 3 antennomeres, club equal to length of antennomeres 26 combined (
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). Last segment of maxillary palp elongated, not flattened.
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. Transversal, widest at basal third; pronotum with anterior margin without concavities at lateral ends, slightly protuberant; basolateral angles round; two fifth anterior of lateral margin crenate, narrow to broad, slightly reflexed, crenate areas with long sparse erect setae; anterior margin completely flanged (
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); basal margin smooth; setiferous punctures shallower and smaller than those on head, rarely confluent.
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. Triangular, flat; punctures slightly smaller than those on pronotum; lateral margins smooth, without punctures; two times wider than long (
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).
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98F8BEFAF7FED1FAD9" bold="true" box="[199,282,1333,1359]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">Elytra.</emphasis>
Discal surface densely and finely punctate, sutural costa gradually broadening apically, widest on apical one third. Epipleuron with some short pubescence in basal part.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98F8BEFABFFECDFA01" bold="true" box="[199,262,1405,1431]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">Legs.</emphasis>
Protibiae tridentate, middle tooth closer to basal than to apical one, tip of teeth rounded; basal tooth small, middle tooth two times smaller than apical one; internal apical spur inserted in front of middle tooth, reaching basal one-third of protarsomere 1; dorsal carina of protibia reaching the apex of apical tooth developed, and with a branch reaching the apex of second tooth weakly (
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Fig.
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). Profemora, mesofemora, and metafemora moderately covered with hair-like, long setae; metafemora slightly broadened anteriorly and posteriorly, slightly convex. Metatibiae with two apical spur, upper spur slightly longer than lower spur (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636877C17FF98F8BEF997FD46F94D" blockId="3.[151,1437,721,2007]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98F8BEF997FE43F9F9" bold="true" box="[199,392,1621,1647]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">Ventral surface.</emphasis>
Meso- and metasternum with dense fine punctures and yellowish hair (
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). Abdomen: first and second segments densenly covered with setiferous punctures, and moderately long setae. From third to anterior half of fifth abdomen with sparse punctures, meanwhile from posterior half of fifth to last abdomen with dense punctures, short and long setae mixed.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98F8BEF927FE89F969" bold="true" box="[199,322,1765,1791]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">Pygidium.</emphasis>
Convex, triangular, margin roundly bordered, apical margin thick; punctures on dorsal surface identical to those on elytra; apical margin with moderately long yellowish erect setae (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636877C17FF98F8BEF8EFFC19F825" blockId="3.[151,1437,721,2007]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98F8BEF8EFFE8AF8D1" bold="true" box="[199,321,1837,1863]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">Aedeagus.</emphasis>
Parameres with dorsal and ventral branches completely fused in lateral view, and symmetric, apex unfortunately chipped (
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). Aedeagus is similar to those of
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98FB01F890FBCBF8FD" box="[888,1024,1874,1899]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">M. excavata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98FCEEF890FA9BF8FD" box="[1175,1360,1874,1899]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">M. quasisinensis</emphasis>
Keith, 2020
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98F8A7F8B4FE96F819" box="[222,349,1910,1935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">M. sinensis</emphasis>
(Hope, 1842)
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98FA40F8B4FCCCF819" box="[569,775,1909,1935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">M. pseudosinensis</emphasis>
Keith, 2010
</taxonomicName>
(see figs 2,
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; figs 7,
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; figs 2,
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Keith 2010; and figs 12AC in
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD636877C17FF98F8BEF87FFE69F841" blockId="3.[151,1437,721,2007]" box="[199,418,1981,2007]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C17FF98F8BEF87FFEEEF841" bold="true" box="[199,293,1981,2007]" pageId="3" pageNumber="334">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BD636877C10FF9FF8EEF8DCFCD9F8CC" blockId="4.[151,1437,1822,1883]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FF8EEF8DCFEDAF8A0" bold="true" box="[151,273,1822,1846]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FF96DF8DCFE36F8A0" box="[276,509,1822,1846]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">Miridiba ngoclinhensis</emphasis>
P.V.Pham &amp; Keith
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,
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.
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FFB3FF8DDFC98F8A1" bold="true" box="[838,851,1823,1847]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">a</emphasis>
, habitus;
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FFBC8F8DDFC74F8A1" bold="true" box="[945,959,1823,1847]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">b</emphasis>
, pronotum and head;
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FFCEAF8DDFB55F8A1" bold="true" box="[1171,1182,1823,1847]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">c</emphasis>
, meso- and metasternum;
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FF8EEF881FF6EF8CD" bold="true" box="[151,165,1859,1883]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">d</emphasis>
, scutellum;
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FF95BF881FEE6F8CD" bold="true" box="[290,301,1859,1883]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">e</emphasis>
, antenna;
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FF9EFF880FE55F8CC" bold="true" box="[406,414,1858,1882]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">f</emphasis>
, hindtibia;
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FFA6BF881FDD4F8CD" bold="true" box="[530,543,1859,1883]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">g</emphasis>
, foretibia;
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FFAF6F881FD56F8CD" bold="true" box="[655,669,1859,1883]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">h</emphasis>
, pygidium.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FF8BEF84BFEF0F835" bold="true" box="[199,315,1929,1955]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FF93BF84BFD8DF835" box="[322,582,1929,1955]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">Miridiba ngoclinhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FFA2DF84BFD16F834" bold="true" box="[596,733,1928,1955]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57EE7C10FF9FFA2DF84BFD16F834" box="[596,733,1928,1955]" pageId="4" pageNumber="335" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is closely similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C694D047C10FF9FFBBCF84BFB59F835" authorityName="Keith" authorityYear="2010" box="[965,1170,1929,1955]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="335" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudosinensis">
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FFBBCF84BFB59F835" box="[965,1170,1929,1955]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">M. pseudosinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but both species can be separated by the basal third of lateral margin of pronotum is smooth in
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FFBD2F86FFBA2F851" box="[939,1129,1965,1991]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">M. ngoclinhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), but that is serrate in
<taxonomicName id="4C694D047C10FF9FF8CFF813FE4DF87D" authorityName="Keith" authorityYear="2010" box="[182,390,2001,2027]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="335" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudosinensis">
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C10FF9FF8CFF813FE4DF87D" box="[182,390,2001,2027]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">M. pseudosinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13522A027C10FF9FF9EEF813FE27F87D" box="[407,492,2000,2027]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1852,1876]" captionTargetBox="[185,1404,205,1800]" captionTargetId="figure-18@9.[151,1436,181,1828]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Miridiba pseudosinensis Keith, 2010 (ac) and Miridiba hanoiensis Keith, 2006 (df). a, d, habitus; b, e, parameres in lateral view; c, f, parameres in dorsal view. Figures 5df photographed by Olivier Montreuil. Not in scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7306972" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7306972/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">Fig. 5a</figureCitation>
); and the shape of parameres (
<figureCitation id="13522A027C10FF9FFB37F813FC5CF87D" box="[846,919,2001,2027]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1184,1208]" captionTargetBox="[162,1426,227,1113]" captionTargetId="figure-18@7.[162,1426,181,1160]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male genitalia of Miridiba apicespinosa P.V. Pham &amp; Keith, new species (ac), Miridiba ngoclinhensis P.V. Pham &amp; Keith, new species (df) and Miridiba quangnamensis P.V. Pham &amp; Keith, new species (gi). a, d, g, parameres in lateral view; b, e, h, parameres in dorsal view; c, f, i, parameres in ventral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7306970" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7306970/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="335">Figs 4</figureCitation>
d-f, 5b,c): the thin area (recessed area) at the anterior half of paramere is membrous and thiner, without inner expansion in dorsal view, slightly curved downward in
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C11FF9EF8CCFF79FEBEFF43" box="[181,373,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="336">M. ngoclinhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The morphological characters of
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C11FF9EFA83FF79FC70FF43" box="[762,955,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="336">M. ngoclinhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B91DEA957C11FF9EFBB0FF79FB9FFF42" bold="true" box="[969,1108,186,213]" pageId="5" pageNumber="336">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22E57EE7C11FF9EFBB0FF79FB9FFF42" box="[969,1108,186,213]" pageId="5" pageNumber="336" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
characterize the morphotype “
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C11FF9EF8DDFF1DFECBFF6F" box="[164,256,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="336">Sinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” (Figs 1214,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B767C11FF9EF9DFFF1DFD7FFF6F" author="Gao, C. B. &amp; Coca-Abia, M. M." box="[422,692,223,249]" pageId="5" pageNumber="336" pagination="1 - 94" refId="ref7217" refString="Gao, C. B. &amp; Coca-Abia, M. M. (2021) Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae). Genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data. European Journal of Taxonomy, 749, 1 - 94. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2021.749.1355" type="journal article" year="2021">Gao &amp; Coca-Abia 2021</bibRefCitation>
), thus we classify the new species as a member of this morphotype and belonging to the subgenus
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C11FF9EF98AFEC1FD81FE8B" box="[499,586,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="336">Pledina</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C11FF9EF8BEFEE5FE85FED7" bold="true" box="[199,334,295,321]" pageId="5" pageNumber="336">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after the locality of the
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(Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve).
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<emphasis id="B91DEA957C11FF9EF8BEFE88FEAAFEF2" bold="true" box="[199,353,330,356]" pageId="5" pageNumber="336">Distribution.</emphasis>
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(
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).
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