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,
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,
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badly damaged (antennae, head, prothorax, prolegs and in- ternal structures of abdomen are missing) (
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/ Phuc-Son / Nov. Dez. /
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[typeset] //
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/ Type
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Mos. [handwritten]”;
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(
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:
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<collectingCountry id="F354A1BFFFCEFFF149931AC690A1F865" box="[900,985,1942,1968]" name="Vietnam" pageId="6" pageNumber="337">Annam</collectingCountry>
/ Phuc-Son / Nov. Dez. /
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[typeset] //
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/ Type
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Mos. [handwritten; sex incorrectly identified]”
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.
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(2630) and
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Keith, 2010
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(3135). 26, 31, antennae; 27, 32, head and pronotum; 28, 29, mentum; 29, 34, scutellum; 30a, 35a, metatibia in ventral view, 30b, 35b, metatibia in lateral view. Abbreviations:
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, dorsointernal margin;
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, dorsolateral margin;
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, notch. Scale bar: 0.5 mm for Figs. 26, 28, 31, 33; 1.0 mm for Figs. 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35.
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<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFCFFFF04AD019DA9154FB71" bold="true" box="[199,556,1162,1188]" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Additional material examined</emphasis>
(
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).
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<specimenCount id="9D452AA6FFCFFFF048CB19DB907EFB70" box="[732,774,1163,1189]" pageId="7" pageNumber="338" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
(
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:
<materialsCitation id="3B2BEB72FFCFFFF0499519DB9001FB39" collectionCode="MNHB" collectorName="H. Fruhstorfer" country="Vietnam" pageId="7" pageNumber="338" specimenCount="1">
<collectingCountry id="F354A1BFFFCFFFF0499C19DB9098FB70" box="[907,992,1163,1189]" name="Vietnam" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Annam</collectingCountry>
/ Phuc-Son / Nov. Dez. /
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[typeset] //
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[handwritten]”; 4 unsexed specimens, partially damaged (antennae, head, prolegs and prothorax are missing) (
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), same data as previous specimen
</materialsCitation>
;
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<specimenCount id="9D452AA6FFCFFFF04992198390D7FB38" box="[901,943,1235,1261]" pageId="7" pageNumber="338" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
(
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)
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,
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“Tonking /
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.
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<subSubSection id="C359B2A4FFCFFFFE4AD019A691A7F997" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="340" pageId="7" pageNumber="338" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFCFFFF04AD019A69658FAE1" blockId="7.[151,1437,1162,1837]" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFCFFFF04AD019A6920DFAC5" bold="true" box="[199,373,1270,1296]" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Redescription.</emphasis>
Male, habitus as in
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. Total body length13.715.0 mm (from apex of frons to apex of elytra), width across humeri
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, body oval-elongate, strongly convex; dorsal surface glabrous.
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<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFCFFFF04AD0186E92D5FAA9" blockId="7.[151,1437,1162,1837]" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFCFFFF04AD0186E926EFA8D" box="[199,278,1342,1368]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Colour</emphasis>
: Head, pronotum, scutellum, legs and basal elytral dark reddish brown; antennae, apical elytral and abdomen reddish brown.
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<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFCFFFF04AD018D69089F9D9" blockId="7.[151,1437,1162,1837]" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFCFFFF04AD018D6927CFA75" box="[199,260,1414,1440]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Head</emphasis>
: Antennae with 10 antennomeres; antennal club with 3 antennomeres. Dorsal surfaces of clypeus and frons dense punctate, punctures rough. Clypeus bilobate, wider and shorter than frons obviously; anterior margin strongly reflexed (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFCFFFF04B74189E92CEFA3C" box="[355,438,1486,1513]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
). Fronto-clypeal suture defined and wave-shaped (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFCFFFF049F2189E9740FA3C" box="[997,1080,1486,1513]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
). Frontal carina distinctly raised and curved backward. Interocular width equals 3.5 transverse eye diameters.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFCFFFF04AD01B4692ECF8F9" blockId="7.[151,1437,1162,1837]" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFCFFFF04AD01B469260F9E5" box="[199,280,1558,1584]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Thorax</emphasis>
: Pronotum widest at posterior 2/5; anterior pronotum near anterior margin obviously constricted; dorsal surface sparsely punctate; distance between punctures more than 2 puncture diameters; punctures near anterior mar- gin denser than others; anterior margin smooth and flanged; lateral margin strongly expanded outwards, crenulate and reflexed developed near anterior angle; anterior corner obtuse; posterior corner obtuse and rounded; dorsal posterior pronotum with 2 setae (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFCFFFF0481C1BF691ECF914" box="[523,660,1702,1729]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="338">Figs. 36, 38</figureCitation>
). Scutellum triangular, dorsal surface glabrous and sparsely punctate, 1.5 times wider than long; medial and posterior area without punctures; anterior margin bended backward. Dorsal surface of elytra glabrous; sutural costae developed; each elytron with 4 longitudinal flat stripes. Epipleura covered with few setae at base.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC0FFFF4A801BC39210F8E9" blockId="8.[151,1437,1683,1852]" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF4A801BC3922DF97E" bold="true" box="[151,341,1683,1707]" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">FIGURES 3642.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF4B4B1BC4914BF979" box="[348,563,1684,1708]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">Miridiba longiuscula</emphasis>
(Moser, 1909)
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,
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(syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations:
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, dorsal branches;
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF4E001B8C974DF921" box="[1047,1077,1756,1780]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">lsb</emphasis>
, lower short branch;
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF4F1B1B8C9666F926" box="[1292,1310,1756,1779]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">m</emphasis>
, membrane;
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF4A801A5093C8F8CD" box="[151,176,1792,1816]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">pb</emphasis>
, phallobase;
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF4B2E1A509220F8C2" box="[313,344,1792,1815]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">pm</emphasis>
, parameres;
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF4BCB1A50929EF8C2" box="[476,486,1792,1815]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">s</emphasis>
, setae;
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF48231A50912FF8CD" box="[564,599,1792,1816]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">usb</emphasis>
, upper short branch;
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC0FFFF49241A509033F8CD" box="[819,843,1792,1816]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="339">vb</emphasis>
, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC1FFFE4A801EF291AEFC6F" blockId="9.[151,726,930,954]" box="[151,726,930,954]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4A801EF29258FC6F" bold="true" box="[151,288,930,954]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">FIGURE 43.</emphasis>
Distribution map of four
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species.
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<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC1FFFE4AD01EB99097FB63" blockId="9.[151,1437,1000,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4AD01EB99384FBD7" box="[199,252,1001,1026]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Legs</emphasis>
: Metafemora ventrally with a row of robust setae near posterior margin. Protibia tridentate; dorsal surface with punctures sparsely; anterior tooth longest, basal tooth small; apical spur small. Meso- and metatibia with a complete transverse carina on outer surface, and with 2 small pubescent spines on dorsolateral margin, and without spine on dorsointernal margin. Two apical spurs differ in size; upper spur long, curved and blade-shaped. Apices of pro- and mesotarsomeres 14 with dense microsetae ventrally. Metatarsomere 1 0.8 times shorter than metatarsomere 2. Pro-, meso- and metatarsal claws, each with a strong tooth medially.
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<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC1FFFE4AD019909146FB2A" blockId="9.[151,1437,1000,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4AD019909249FB0F" box="[199,305,1216,1242]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Sternites 15 densely punctate and setiferous, setae short; posterior sternite 5 moderately depressed; sternites 5 and 6 with long, soft setae.
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<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC1FFFE4AD0185892FAFA93" blockId="9.[151,1437,1000,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4AD01858924AFAF7" box="[199,306,1288,1314]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Pygidium</emphasis>
: 1.5 times wider than long; fan-shaped; dorsal surface glabrous and punctate; centre slightly up- heaved; apex obtuse.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC1FFFE4AD0180091A7F997" blockId="9.[151,1437,1000,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4AD01800920DFABF" bold="true" box="[199,373,1360,1387]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4AD018009215FABE" bold="true" box="[199,365,1360,1387]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Male genitalia</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4B6C18009281FABF" box="[379,505,1360,1386]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Phallobase</emphasis>
: 1.4 times longer than parameres, arc-shaped in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC1FFFE4EB41800978FFABF" box="[1187,1271,1360,1386]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Fig. 39</figureCitation>
); anterior third reduced with a semi-circular membrane dorsally (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC1FFFE48CF18249048FA5B" box="[728,816,1396,1422]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4951182590B8FA5B" box="[838,960,1397,1422]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Parameres</emphasis>
: Basal paramere nearly saddle-shaped in dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC1FFFE4B3018C89202FA67" box="[295,378,1432,1458]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Fig. 41</figureCitation>
), with a thin longitudinal suture dorsally. Paramere with 2 dorsal and 2 ventral branches, dorsal branches larger and 2 times longer than ventral branches. Two dorsal branches fused at base with a wide groove medially in dorsal view, and separated at anterior 1/4. Ventral branches wide; each upper and lower anterior angle with a short branch; upper short branch prolonged upward, lower short branch curved inward and formed a circular gap medially (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC1FFFE4B2F1B7892F4F997" box="[312,396,1576,1602]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Fig. 42</figureCitation>
). Spiculum gastrale Y-shaped.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C359B2A4FFC1FFFD4AD01B1C915CFDC3" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="341" pageId="9" pageNumber="340" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC1FFFE4AD01B1C9193F907" blockId="9.[151,1437,1000,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4AD01B1C92B5F9B3" bold="true" box="[199,461,1612,1638]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC1FFFE4BC41B1C91A7F9B3" box="[467,735,1612,1638]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Holotrichia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiuscula">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4BC41B1C91A7F9B3" box="[467,735,1612,1638]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Holotrichia longiuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares the diagnostic combination of characters with the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC1FFFE4A801B209383F95F" authorityName="Reitter" authorityYear="1902" box="[151,251,1648,1674]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4A801B209383F95F" box="[151,251,1648,1674]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Miridiba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
representatives (frontal carina distinctly developed; antennal club with 3 antennomeres; apices of pro- and mesotarsomeres 14 with dense microsetae ventrally; parameres with branches). Thus, we transfer it into
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC1FFFE4F2E1BC496E5F97B" authorityName="Reitter" authorityYear="1902" box="[1337,1437,1684,1710]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4F2E1BC496E5F97B" box="[1337,1437,1684,1710]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Miridiba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and propose
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC1FFFE4B311BE8916CF907" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Moser" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[294,532,1720,1746]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiuscula" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4B311BE8916CF907" box="[294,532,1720,1746]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Miridiba longiuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2048046FFC1FFFE48361BE9919FF907" box="[545,743,1720,1747]" pageId="9" pageNumber="340" rank="species">new combination</taxonomicNameLabel>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC1FFFD4AD01B8C91E0FF00" blockId="9.[151,1437,1000,2035]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1437,151,933]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="341" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC1FFFE4AD01B8C92CCF923" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Moser" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[199,436,1756,1782]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiuscula">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE4AD01B8C92CCF923" box="[199,436,1756,1782]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Miridiba longiuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from all other
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC1FFFE49181B8C90B2F923" box="[783,970,1756,1782]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC1FFFE49181B8C900BF923" box="[783,883,1756,1782]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="340">Miridiba</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
by combining features: Antennae with 10 antennomeres. Dorsal surfaces of clypeus and frons with rough punctures. Clypeus bilobate; anterior margin strong- ly reflexed. Frontal carina developed. Pronotal surface sparsely punctate, area near anterior margin constricted obviously; dorsum with 2 setae; anterior flanged; lateral margin crenulate and reflexed near anterior angle. Scutellum triangular, glabrous and sparsely punctate. Elytra with discal costae weak but visible. Epipleura with few setae at base. Apical protibial spur small. Outer surface of meso- and metatibia with a complete transverse carina. Dorsolateral margin of meso- and metatibia with 2 small pubescent spines. Dorsointernal margin without spine. Sternite 15 densely punctate and setiferous. Parameres consist of 2 long dorsal and 2 short ventral branches. Proximal paramere nearly saddle-shaped; two dorsal branches fused at base and separated at anterior 1/4. Each upper and lower anterior angle of ventral branches with a short branch.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC2FFFD4AD01D8F91FFFE5C" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD4AD01D8F92C0FF2C" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Moser" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[199,440,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiuscula">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4AD01D8F92C0FF2C" box="[199,440,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Miridiba longiuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is separated from the similar species
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD49671D8F9777FF2C" authority="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li, 2021" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" box="[880,1039,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hani" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD49671D8F9777FF2C" box="[880,1039,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Miridiba hani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2048046FFC2FFFD4E0E1D8F97DAFF2C" box="[1049,1186,223,249]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD4EC91D8F9243FEC8" authority="(Reitter, 1902)" baseAuthorityName="Reitter" baseAuthorityYear="1902" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutata">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4EC91D8F96E4FF2D" box="[1246,1436,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Miridiba scutata</emphasis>
(Reitter, 1902)
</taxonomicName>
by the constricted area near the anterior margin (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD49751C5390CDFEC8" box="[866,949,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
; lacking in
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD4E201C5397F7FEC8" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" box="[1079,1167,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hani">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4E201C5397F7FEC8" box="[1079,1167,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. hani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as in
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD4EC71C53966AFEC8" box="[1232,1298,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 12" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1424,1448]" captionTargetBox="[166,1422,322,1379]" captionTargetId="figure-93@2.[151,1436,306,1398]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 12. Holotype of Miridiba hani Gao, new species. 1, habitus, dorsal view; 2, habitus, lateral view. Abbreviations: es, epipleural setae. Scale bar: 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070005" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070005/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
and
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4F5F1C5393BBFE95" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. scu- tata</emphasis>
as in
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD4B141C77922DFE94" box="[259,341,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURES 2635" captionStartId="7.[151,264,984,1008]" captionTargetBox="[179,1423,196,946]" captionTargetId="figure-19@7.[164,1423,181,960]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2635. Miridiba scutata (Reitter, 1902) (2630) and Miridiba schoolmeesteri Keith, 2010 (3135). 26, 31, antennae; 27, 32, head and pronotum; 28, 29, mentum; 29, 34, scutellum; 30a, 35a, metatibia in ventral view, 30b, 35b, metatibia in lateral view. Abbreviations: di, dorsointernal margin; dl, dorsolateral margin; n, notch. Scale bar: 0.5 mm for Figs. 26, 28, 31, 33; 1.0 mm for Figs. 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070011" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070011/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
), the two setae in the dorsal surface of posterior pronotum medially (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD4E431C7797DFFE94" box="[1108,1191,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Fig. 36</figureCitation>
; lacking in
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD4F3F1C779607FE94" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" box="[1320,1407,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hani">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4F3F1C779607FE94" box="[1320,1407,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. hani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as in
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD4AA41C1B938BFEB0" box="[179,243,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURES 12" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1424,1448]" captionTargetBox="[166,1422,322,1379]" captionTargetId="figure-93@2.[151,1436,306,1398]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 12. Holotype of Miridiba hani Gao, new species. 1, habitus, dorsal view; 2, habitus, lateral view. Abbreviations: es, epipleural setae. Scale bar: 5.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070005" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070005/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD4B301C1B92E5FEB1" baseAuthorityName="Reitter" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[295,413,331,356]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutata">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4B301C1B92E5FEB1" box="[295,413,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. scutata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as in
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD4BCC1C1B9152FEB0" box="[475,554,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURES 2635" captionStartId="7.[151,264,984,1008]" captionTargetBox="[179,1423,196,946]" captionTargetId="figure-19@7.[164,1423,181,960]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 2635. Miridiba scutata (Reitter, 1902) (2630) and Miridiba schoolmeesteri Keith, 2010 (3135). 26, 31, antennae; 27, 32, head and pronotum; 28, 29, mentum; 29, 34, scutellum; 30a, 35a, metatibia in ventral view, 30b, 35b, metatibia in lateral view. Abbreviations: di, dorsointernal margin; dl, dorsolateral margin; n, notch. Scale bar: 0.5 mm for Figs. 26, 28, 31, 33; 1.0 mm for Figs. 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070011" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070011/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
) and the bilateral symmetrical branches of parameres (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD4E9E1C1B9677FEB0" box="[1161,1295,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Figs. 41, 42</figureCitation>
; asymmetric in
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD4AA31C3F9273FE5C" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" box="[180,267,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hani">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4AA31C3F9273FE5C" box="[180,267,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. hani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as in
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD4B5A1C3F92B2FE5C" box="[333,458,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURES 1725" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1313,1337]" captionTargetBox="[191,1398,196,1274]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[177,1411,181,1290]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1725. Holotype (1724) and allotype (25) of Miridiba hani Gao, new speceis. 17, sternites 5 and 6 in ventral view; 18, pygidium in lateral view; 19, pygidium in dorsal view; 20, male genitalia in lateral view; 21, male genitalia in ventral view; 22, parameres in dorsal view; 23, parameres in ventral view; 24, endophallus in dorsal view; 25a, female genitalia; 25b, genital chamber.Abbreviations: ac, accessory gland; bc, bursa copulatrix; db, dorsal branches; el, epithelium; ep, endophallus; gc, genital chamber; mo, median oviduct; p, peduncle; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, spermatheca; sg, spermatheca gland; sp, spine; t, temones; vb, ventral branches; vt, vestigial tergites. Scale bar: 1.0 mm for Figs. 1721, 24, 25; 0.5 mm for Figs. 22, 23." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070009" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070009/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Figs.22, 23</figureCitation>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD48161C3F910FFE5D" baseAuthorityName="Reitter" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[513,631,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutata">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD48161C3F910FFE5D" box="[513,631,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. scutata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC2FFFD4AD01CC39382FE20" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">
Despite the similar external features,
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD48721CC39075FE78" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Moser" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[613,781,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiuscula">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD48721CC39075FE78" box="[613,781,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. longiuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cannot be a member of the morphotype
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4EDB1CC39658FE78" box="[1228,1312,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Scutata</emphasis>
because of the bilateral symmetrical branches of parameres. Herein we classified
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD49B01CE79737FE04" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Moser" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[935,1103,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiuscula">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD49B01CE79737FE04" box="[935,1103,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. longiuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4E641CE79675FE04" box="[1139,1293,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">incertae sedis</emphasis>
of the genus
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4A801C8B9382FE20" box="[151,250,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Mirdiba.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC2FFFD4AD01CAE915CFDC3" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[199,548,510,537]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4AD01CAE915CFDC3" bold="true" box="[199,548,510,537]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Chinese name. KDzṘffiĤffl</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C359B2A4FFC2FFFD4AD01F7292BEFDE8" box="[199,454,546,573]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC2FFFD4AD01F7292BEFDE8" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,933]" box="[199,454,546,573]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4AD01F729219FDE9" bold="true" box="[199,353,546,572]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F354A1BFFFC2FFFD4B701F7392BEFDE8" box="[359,454,547,573]" name="Vietnam" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C359B2A4FFC2FFFD4AD01F1790D7FC70" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC2FFFD4AD01F1790BDFD53" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4AD01F179243FDB4" bold="true" box="[199,315,583,609]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Remarks.</emphasis>
Although Moser (1909) identified a
<typeStatus id="54F85F8DFFC2FFFD48C21F179054FDB4" box="[725,812,583,609]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
mentioned above as a female, it was in fact a male. The habitus and the male genitalia are provided and illustrated (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD49381F3B90C1FD53" box="[815,953,619,646]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Figs. 3642</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC2FFFD4AD01FDF9048FCC0" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">
Several specimens from
<collectingRegion id="49872FCDFFC2FFFD4BF11FDF9132FD7C" box="[486,586,655,681]" country="China" name="Zhejiang" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Zhejiang</collectingRegion>
and
<collectingRegion id="49872FCDFFC2FFFD489F1FDF91A1FD7C" box="[648,729,655,681]" country="China" name="Jiangxi" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Jiangxi</collectingRegion>
provinces of
<collectingCountry id="F354A1BFFFC2FFFD496A1FDF90B8FD7C" box="[893,960,655,681]" name="China" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">China</collectingCountry>
were misidentified as
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<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4EDA1FDF960EFD7C" box="[1229,1398,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">H. longiuscula</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="EFD29CDEFFC2FFFD4A801FE3924DFD1B" author="Chang, Y. - W." box="[151,309,691,718]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" pagination="139 - 152" refId="ref6744" refString="Chang, Y. - W. (1964) Revision of Chinese may beetles of the genus Holotrichia Hope I. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1, 139 - 152. [in Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1964">Chang (1964)</bibRefCitation>
. These specimens (
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD48191FE39115FD18" box="[526,621,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Figs. 42</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD486F1FE391ECFD18" box="[632,660,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 43" captionStartId="9.[151,250,930,954]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,905]" captionTargetId="figure-19@9.[151,1436,181,906]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 43. Distribution map of four Miridiba species." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070017" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070017/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">43</figureCitation>
in
<bibRefCitation id="EFD29CDEFFC2FFFD48AE1FE3903AFD1B" author="Chang, Y. - W." box="[697,834,691,718]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" pagination="139 - 152" refId="ref6744" refString="Chang, Y. - W. (1964) Revision of Chinese may beetles of the genus Holotrichia Hope I. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1, 139 - 152. [in Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1964">Chang 1964</bibRefCitation>
) differ from the
<typeStatus id="54F85F8DFFC2FFFD49E91FE3972DFD18" box="[1022,1109,691,717]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD4E6C1FE3965BFD18" authorityName="Gao &amp; Bai &amp; Fang &amp; Li" authorityYear="2021" baseAuthorityName="Moser" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[1147,1315,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiuscula">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4E6C1FE3965BFD18" box="[1147,1315,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">M. longiuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="1378FDAAFFC2FFFD4F241FE393CCFD24" captionStart="FIGURES 3642" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1683,1707]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,203,1637]" captionTargetId="figure-21@8.[164,1423,181,1660]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 3642. Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination (syntype). 36, habitus, dorsal view; 37, habitus, lat- eral view. 38, head and pronotum in dorsal view; 39, male genitalia in lateral view; 40, male genitalia in dorsal view; 41, para- meres in dorsal view; 42, parameres in ventral view. Abbreviations: db, dorsal branches; lsb, lower short branch; m, membrane; pb, phallobase; pm, parameres; s, setae; usb, upper short branch; vb, ventral branches. Scale bar: 5.0 mm for Figs. 36, 37; 1.0 mm for Figs. 3842." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5070013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5070013/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Figs. 39 42</figureCitation>
) by the shape of the parameres.
<bibRefCitation id="EFD29CDEFFC2FFFD48331F8791AAFD24" author="Nomura, S." box="[548,722,727,753]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" pagination="85 - 109" refId="ref7731" refString="Nomura, S. (1977) On the Melolonthini of Taiwan. Toho-Gakuho, 27, 85 - 109." type="journal article" year="1977">Nomura (1977)</bibRefCitation>
also suggested
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<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD49921F879753FD24" box="[901,1067,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">H. longiuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be a member of
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD4F251F8796EEFD24" authorityName="Reitter" authorityYear="1902" box="[1330,1430,727,753]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD4F251F8796EEFD24" box="[1330,1430,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Miridiba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but no formal transfer was performed there for this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFCE12FFFC2FFFD4AD01E4F90D7FC70" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">
<materialsCitation id="3B2BEB72FFC2FFFD4AD01E4F90D3FC70" location="Zhejiang and Jiangxi" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Zhejiang and Jiangxi">
We studied all these specimens from
<collectingRegion id="49872FCDFFC2FFFD487E1E4F902CFCEC" box="[617,852,799,825]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Zhejiang and Jiangxi</collectingRegion>
provinces. There is only
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specimen among them, and its male genitalia is missing. Based on the external morphological characters and the figures of male genitalia in
<bibRefCitation id="EFD29CDEFFC2FFFD4AFE1E3792FDFC57" author="Chang, Y. - W." box="[233,389,871,898]" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" pagination="139 - 152" refId="ref6744" refString="Chang, Y. - W. (1964) Revision of Chinese may beetles of the genus Holotrichia Hope I. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1, 139 - 152. [in Chinese]" type="journal article" year="1964">Chang (1964)</bibRefCitation>
, these specimens should belong to undescribed
<taxonomicName id="4C439AACFFC2FFFD49821E37972FFC54" box="[917,1111,871,897]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="341" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B9373D3DFFC2FFFD49821E379081FC54" box="[917,1017,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="341">Miridiba</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
Nevertheless, we are waiting for a formal description until more material will be available for study
</materialsCitation>
.
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