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Wang &amp; Li
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<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB0FF8098808D0AFF58CF75" box="[151,229,1342,1367]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 6" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1897,1920]" captionTargetBox="[197,1434,557,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,553,1876]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1 6. Dorsal habitus of male Miridiba species. 1. Miridiba kuraruana; 2. Miridiba huesiotoi, holotype; 3. Miridiba taoi, holotype; 4. Miridiba formosana; 5. Miridiba taipei, holotype; 6. Miridiba sinensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245380/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="530">Figs. 5</figureCitation>
,
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, 17, 23, 33, 34
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(
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). Body length
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; width across humeri 7.18.0 mm. Color reddish brown to rufotestaceous on head, pronotum, scutellum, legs, and ventral thorax; yellowish brown on elytra and abdomen; moderately shiny. Antennae yellowish brown or reddish brown. Pronotum and elytra (Fig. 17) densely covered with hair-like, long, brownish pale setae; longest setae reaching
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in length; setae on frons half as short as those on pronotum; dorsal surface of clypeus and scutellum glabrous.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB0FF809BA18E22FC46CC0D" box="[950,1019,1558,1583]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="530">Head:</emphasis>
Surface densely punctate; punctures large, deep, each bearing an erect seta. Clypeus (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB0FF809AD18E0EFCABCC71" box="[710,790,1594,1619]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 12" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1499,1522]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1477]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,193,1478]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7 12. Dorsal view of head and upper half of pronotum of male Miridiba species. 7. Miridiba kuraruana; 8. Miridiba huesiotoi, holotype; 9. Miridiba taoi, holotype; 10. Miridiba formosana; 11. Miridiba taipei, holotype; 12. Miridiba sinensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245381/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="530">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
) with apex moderately bilobed and reflexed, widened at base. Clypeofrontal suture clearly defined. Basal carina straight, distinctly raised. Antenna with 9 antennomeres, club subequal to length of antennomeres 16 combined.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB0FF809B0B8EB6FCCBCCB9" box="[796,886,1666,1691]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="530">Thorax:</emphasis>
Pronotum widest at middle, anterolateral angles moderately protuberant (
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), basolateral angles obtuse, lateral margin coarsely serrate, moderately reflexed; lateral declivities without gibbosity, gradually declined; anterior margin completely beaded, with basal margin smooth; setiferous punctures shallower and sparser than punctures on clypeus, rarely confluent. Scutellum triangular, flat; punctures smaller and shallower than punctures on pronotum. Prosternal process tongue-like, slightly raised apically.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB0FF8099898F02FE50CD6D" box="[414,493,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="530">Elytra:</emphasis>
Discal surface densely rugopunctate; sutural costa with same width from base to tip.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB0FF8098808F6EFEBCCD51" box="[151,257,1882,1907]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="530">Abdomen</emphasis>
: Pygidium wider than long; discal surface with moderately dense, setiferous punctures; setae of varying length intermixed all over disc, longest seta about 7 times longer than shortest setae. Sternites 1, 2, 5, and 6 densely punctate; sternites 3 and 4 moderately densely punctate, punctures shallow and setiferous, setae short; sternites 56 with setae intermixed with setae 28 times longer.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB0FF809B058FF3FCFACDFC" box="[786,839,1991,2014]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="530">Legs</emphasis>
: Protibia tridentate. Profemora, mesofemora, and metafemora (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB3FF83993C88A3FEC1CA92" box="[299,380,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 24" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1504,1527]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1480]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,195,1480]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 19 24. Right metafemur of male Miridiba species. 19. Miridiba kuraruana; 20. Miridiba huesiotoi, n. sp.; 21. Miridiba taoi, n. sp.; 22. Miridiba formosana; 23. Miridiba taipei, n. sp.; 24. Miridiba sinensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245382/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="531">Fig. 23</figureCitation>
) sparsely covered with long, hair-like setae; metafemora slender, slightly broadened at middle, not convex. Metatibia upper spur reaching basal one-third of second tarsomere.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB3FF839C3D8888FB29CAF7" box="[1066,1172,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="531">Genitalia</emphasis>
: Parameres with upper part smoothly curved downwardly below lower part in lateral view (indicated by two-headed arrow in
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); parameres with apex of upper part bent laterally (indicated by arrow in
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB3FF839BA18930FBB7CB3E" box="[950,1034,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 33 40" captionStartId="11.[199,312,1482,1505]" captionTargetBox="[156,1436,198,1461]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,148,1471]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 33 40. Parameres of Miridiba species (33, 35, 37, 39, lateral view; 34, 36, 38, 40, dorsal view). 33 34. Miridiba taipei; 35 36. Miridiba trichophora; 37 38. Miridiba hirsute; 39 40. Miridiba sinensis. Scale bar = 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245384/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="531">Fig. 34</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB3FF8398808E44FEE8CCA4" bold="true" box="[151,341,1648,1671]" pageId="10" pageNumber="531">FIGURES 2532.</emphasis>
Parameres of
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species (25, 27, 29, 31, lateral view; 26, 28, 30, 32, dorsal view). 2526.
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; 2728.
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB3FF83994C8EBBFDA5CC87" box="[347,536,1679,1701]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="531">Miridiba huesiotoi</emphasis>
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; 2930.
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB3FF839A668EBBFD44CC84" box="[625,761,1679,1702]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="531">Miridiba taoi</emphasis>
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; 3132.
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB3FF839B458EBBFBA2CC87" box="[850,1055,1679,1701]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="531">Miridiba formosana</emphasis>
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. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB3FF8398D08EC5FE98CD28" bold="true" box="[199,293,1777,1802]" pageId="10" pageNumber="531">Female.</emphasis>
Body length 15.0 mm; width across humeri
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. Antennal club shorter than in male, subequal to length of antennomeres 26 combined. Dorsal setae generally shorter than in males.
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See diagnosis of
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for comparison of similar
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species in
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.
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material.
</emphasis>
The male
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is pinned and with the following information on the label:
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County: Lin Ko,
<date id="FFDD1005FFB3FF8398EF8FB5FEDBCDBB" box="[248,358,1921,1945]" pageId="10" pageNumber="531" value="1990-02-08">8-II-1990</date>
, I.-S. Hsu (deposited at NMNS).
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.
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City:
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Botanical Garden,
<date id="FFDD1005FFB3FF839D058FB5FA25CDB8" box="[1298,1432,1921,1946]" pageId="10" pageNumber="531" value="1967-03-17">17-III-1967</date>
, I.-L.Yang. (
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,
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, TFRI); Taihoku (presently
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB3FF839B2E8F91FCC3CD9C" box="[825,894,1957,1982]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="534" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taipei">Taipei</taxonomicName>
City),
<date id="FFDD1005FFB3FF839BC28F91FBEACD9F" box="[981,1111,1957,1981]" pageId="10" pageNumber="531" value="1934-03-30">30/III/1934</date>
, Col. S. Sakamoto (
<specimenCount id="9D65FD4CFFB3FF839D5F8F91FA2ACD9C" box="[1352,1431,1957,1982]" pageId="10" pageNumber="531" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
, CCLI).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BDC36C5FFB2FF8298D08DFEFAFACFDD" blockId="11.[151,1436,1482,1535]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8298D08DFEFE3ACFC2" bold="true" box="[199,391,1482,1505]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">FIGURES 3340.</emphasis>
Parameres of
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829A328DFFFDC2CFC3" box="[549,639,1483,1505]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Miridiba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (33, 35, 37, 39, lateral view; 34, 36, 38, 40, dorsal view). 3334.
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8298808DDDFE8CCFDD" box="[151,305,1513,1535]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Miridiba taipei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 3536.
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF82999D8DDDFDD9CFDD" box="[394,612,1513,1535]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trichophora">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF82999D8DDDFDD9CFDD" box="[394,612,1513,1535]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Miridiba trichophora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 3738.
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF829AAB8DDDFCDECFDD" box="[700,867,1513,1535]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirsute">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829AAB8DDDFCDECFDD" box="[700,867,1513,1535]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Miridiba hirsute</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 3940.
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF829BAB8DDDFBD0CFDD" box="[956,1133,1513,1535]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinensis">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829BAB8DDDFBD0CFDD" box="[956,1133,1513,1535]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Miridiba sinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C379654EFFB2FF8298D08E64FC97CC4A" box="[199,810,1616,1641]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BDC36C5FFB2FF8298D08E64FC97CC4A" blockId="11.[151,1436,1616,2005]" box="[199,810,1616,1641]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8298D08E64FEDDCC4B" bold="true" box="[199,352,1616,1641]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Distribution.</emphasis>
Northern
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(
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF829A248E64FDC7CC4B" box="[563,634,1616,1641]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="534" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taipei">Taipei</taxonomicName>
area) (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB2FF829ADE8E64FCA0CC4A" box="[713,797,1616,1641]" captionStart="FIGURE 43" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1877,1899]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1855]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,193,1856]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 43. Distribution map of Miridiba species in Taiwan: Miridiba kuraruana (open circle), Miridiba formosana (open triangle), Miridiba taipei (black diamond), Miridiba sinensis (open square), and Miridiba huesiotoi and Miridiba taoi indicated by arrow, respectively." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245386/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Fig. 43</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C379654EFFB2FF8298D08E40FDFDCCFA" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BDC36C5FFB2FF8298D08E40FF52CC93" blockId="11.[151,1436,1616,2005]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8298D08E40FEF3CCAF" bold="true" box="[199,334,1652,1677]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name refers to the
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locality,
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF829B428E40FC20CCAF" box="[853,925,1652,1677]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="534" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taipei">Taipei</taxonomicName>
, which is the only known locality of the new species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36C5FFB2FF8298D08E8BFDFDCCFA" blockId="11.[151,1436,1616,2005]" box="[199,576,1727,1752]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8298D08E8BFEC8CCFA" bold="true" box="[199,373,1727,1752]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Chinese name.</emphasis>
台北脊頭鰓金龜
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C379654EFFB2FF8598D08ED0FD56C842" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="533" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BDC36C5FFB2FF8298D08ED0FD04CD67" blockId="11.[151,1436,1616,2005]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8298D08ED0FE86CCDF" bold="true" box="[199,315,1764,1789]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF8299568ED0FE51CCDE" box="[321,492,1764,1789]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taipei">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8299568ED0FE51CCDE" box="[321,492,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Miridiba taipei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the first species of the genus to appear, although rarely, in early spring. According to available collecting records,
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF8299EC8F3DFDDCCD02" box="[507,609,1801,1824]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taipei">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8299EC8F3DFDDCCD02" box="[507,609,1801,1824]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">M. taipei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only occurs in the Greater
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area. Since this is an urbanized part of
<collectingCountry id="F3747655FFB2FF8298808F18FF51CD67" box="[151,236,1836,1861]" name="Taiwan" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
, the population status is in need of study.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDC36C5FFB2FF8598D08F7BFD56C842" blockId="11.[151,1436,1616,2005]" lastBlockId="12.[151,1436,151,608]" lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="533" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B34FFB2FF8298D08F7BFEF5CD4A" author="Itoh" box="[199,328,1871,1896]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refString="Itoh, T. (2001) A new species of the genus Miridiba (Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Melolonthini) from the Yaeyama Islands, Southwest Japan. Elytra, 29, 435 - 439." type="journal article" year="2001">Itoh (2001)</bibRefCitation>
described a morphologically close species,
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829B568F65FC0ACD4A" box="[833,951,1871,1896]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">M. hirsuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from Ishigakijima, a small island located approximately
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east of
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.
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B34FFB2FF829A628F40FCFACDAE" author="Coca-Abia" box="[629,839,1908,1933]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" refString="Coca-Abia, M. (2008) Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1901 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae). Zoological Science, 25, 673 - 685. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2108 / zsj. 25.673" type="journal article" year="2008">Coca-Abia (2008)</bibRefCitation>
suspected that
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829C108F41FB3FCDAF" box="[1031,1154,1908,1933]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">M. hirsuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF829D6A8F41FEA0CD92" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trichophora">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829D6A8F41FEA0CD92" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">M. trichophora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, another species similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF829A468FADFD0BCD92" box="[593,694,1944,1968]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taipei">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829A468FADFDD5CD92" box="[593,616,1945,1968]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829A618FADFD0BCD92" box="[630,694,1945,1968]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">taipei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but took no nomenclatural action because she could not examine the
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF8299318F89FE21CDF7" box="[294,412,1980,2005]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirsuta">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF8299318F89FE21CDF7" box="[294,412,1980,2005]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">M. hirsuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Recently, we obtained a pair of the
<typeStatus id="54D88867FFB2FF829B528F89FC0DCDF7" box="[837,944,1981,2005]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
(
<specimenCount id="9D65FD4CFFB2FF829BD38F88FBB2CDF7" box="[964,1039,1980,2005]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount id="9D65FD4CFFB2FF829C5D8F88FB12CDF7" box="[1098,1199,1980,2005]" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" type="female">1 female</specimenCount>
) of
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB2FF829CC88F89FAE8CDF7" box="[1247,1365,1980,2005]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="532" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirsuta">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB2FF829CC88F89FAE8CDF7" box="[1247,1365,1980,2005]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="532">M. hirsuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and a series of
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB5FF8598E888ADFE16CA92" box="[255,427,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trichophora">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF8598E888ADFEABCA92" box="[255,278,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF85993288A3FE16CA92" box="[293,427,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">trichophora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<specimenCount id="9D65FD4CFFB5FF8599AA88ACFDA8CA92" box="[445,533,151,176]" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" type="male">3 males</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount id="9D65FD4CFFB5FF859A5988ACFD03CA92" box="[590,702,151,176]" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" type="female">4 females</specimenCount>
) collected from
<collectingCountry id="F3747655FFB5FF859B6D88A3FC02CA92" box="[890,959,151,176]" name="China" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">China</collectingCountry>
, which enabled us to compare those three similar species in detail. Diagnostically, there are three major morphological characters that separate them: the apex of clypeus, the anterior margin of pronotum, and the parameres. First of all,
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB5FF859C2988D5FB56CADA" box="[1086,1259,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trichophora">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859C2988D5FBE8CADA" box="[1086,1109,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859C7288EBFB56CADA" box="[1125,1259,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">trichophora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has its anterior margin of clypeus almost flat (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB5FF8599F88930FDFDCB3E" box="[495,576,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 41 42" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1110,1133]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,663,1086]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,663,1086]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 41 42. Head and pronotal anterior margin of Miridiba trichophora (Fig. 41) and Miridiba hirsuta (Fig. 42)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245385/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Fig. 41</figureCitation>
) compared to the distinctly bilobed apex in both
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB5FF859C7F8931FB60CB3F" box="[1128,1245,260,285]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirsuta">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859C7F8931FBC2CB3E" box="[1128,1151,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859C998930FB60CB3F" box="[1166,1245,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">hirsuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB5FF859CFA8930FA82CB3E" box="[1261,1343,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 41 42" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1110,1133]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,663,1086]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,663,1086]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 41 42. Head and pronotal anterior margin of Miridiba trichophora (Fig. 41) and Miridiba hirsuta (Fig. 42)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245385/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Fig. 42</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB5FF859D6A8931FF6ACB62" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taipei">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859D6A8931FA29CB3E" box="[1405,1428,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859880891DFF6ACB62" box="[151,215,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">taipei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB5FF8598F08913FE86CB62" box="[231,315,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURES 7 12" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1499,1522]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1477]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,193,1478]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7 12. Dorsal view of head and upper half of pronotum of male Miridiba species. 7. Miridiba kuraruana; 8. Miridiba huesiotoi, holotype; 9. Miridiba taoi, holotype; 10. Miridiba formosana; 11. Miridiba taipei, holotype; 12. Miridiba sinensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245381/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). For the anterolateral angles of pronotum, it is strongly protuberant with anterior margin roundly concave in
<taxonomicName id="4C634D46FFB5FF85990E8979FE7BCB47" box="[281,454,332,357]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Miridiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="533" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trichophora">
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF85990E8979FE8DCB46" box="[281,304,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF8599578978FE7BCB47" box="[320,454,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">trichophora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(indicated by arrow in
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), moderately protuberant with obtusely curved anterior margin in
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(
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), and weakly protuberant in
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859B018945FC90CBAA" box="[790,813,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">M</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859B2B895BFC36CBAA" box="[828,907,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">hirsuta</emphasis>
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(
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). The parameres of
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859CC78945FA8BCBAA" box="[1232,1334,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">M. taipei</emphasis>
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have the tip of the upper part prolonged (both in lateral (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB5FF859AF089A0FCFDCB8E" box="[743,832,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 33 40" captionStartId="11.[199,312,1482,1505]" captionTargetBox="[156,1436,198,1461]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,148,1471]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 33 40. Parameres of Miridiba species (33, 35, 37, 39, lateral view; 34, 36, 38, 40, dorsal view). 33 34. Miridiba taipei; 35 36. Miridiba trichophora; 37 38. Miridiba hirsute; 39 40. Miridiba sinensis. Scale bar = 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245384/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
) and dorsal (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB5FF859BF089A0FB82CB8E" box="[999,1087,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 33 40" captionStartId="11.[199,312,1482,1505]" captionTargetBox="[156,1436,198,1461]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,148,1471]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 33 40. Parameres of Miridiba species (33, 35, 37, 39, lateral view; 34, 36, 38, 40, dorsal view). 33 34. Miridiba taipei; 35 36. Miridiba trichophora; 37 38. Miridiba hirsute; 39 40. Miridiba sinensis. Scale bar = 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245384/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Fig. 34</figureCitation>
) view) and smoothly curved downwardly below the lower part (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB5FF859A3A8983FD3FCBF2" box="[557,642,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURES 33 40" captionStartId="11.[199,312,1482,1505]" captionTargetBox="[156,1436,198,1461]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,148,1471]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 33 40. Parameres of Miridiba species (33, 35, 37, 39, lateral view; 34, 36, 38, 40, dorsal view). 33 34. Miridiba taipei; 35 36. Miridiba trichophora; 37 38. Miridiba hirsute; 39 40. Miridiba sinensis. Scale bar = 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245384/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
), in contrast to
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<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859B2D898DFCECCBF2" box="[826,849,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859B768983FC5ACBF2" box="[865,999,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">trichophora</emphasis>
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where the tip of the upper part is not prolonged (
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) and not extending beyond lower part (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB5FF859B4089E8FC14CBD7" box="[855,937,476,501]" captionStart="FIGURES 33 40" captionStartId="11.[199,312,1482,1505]" captionTargetBox="[156,1436,198,1461]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,148,1471]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 33 40. Parameres of Miridiba species (33, 35, 37, 39, lateral view; 34, 36, 38, 40, dorsal view). 33 34. Miridiba taipei; 35 36. Miridiba trichophora; 37 38. Miridiba hirsute; 39 40. Miridiba sinensis. Scale bar = 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245384/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Fig. 35</figureCitation>
, indicated by two-headed arrow). Unlike the two above-mentioned species with smoothly curved parameres,
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.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859B8B89CBFC56C83A" box="[924,1003,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">hirsuta</emphasis>
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has two reflex points along the outer margin of the upper part (
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) that are easily distinguishable. In addition,
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.
<emphasis id="B917EAD7FFB5FF859C088A10FBD3C81F" box="[1055,1134,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">hirsuta</emphasis>
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has a row of setae in outer margin of parameres when viewed dorsally (
<figureCitation id="13582A40FFB5FF859A9D8A73FD63C842" box="[650,734,583,608]" captionStart="FIGURES 33 40" captionStartId="11.[199,312,1482,1505]" captionTargetBox="[156,1436,198,1461]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,148,1471]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 33 40. Parameres of Miridiba species (33, 35, 37, 39, lateral view; 34, 36, 38, 40, dorsal view). 33 34. Miridiba taipei; 35 36. Miridiba trichophora; 37 38. Miridiba hirsute; 39 40. Miridiba sinensis. Scale bar = 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/245384/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="533">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
).
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