Miridiba hybrida
Creators
- 1. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang Road W., Guangzhou 510260, China.
- 2. Unidad de Protección Vegetal. Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria (CITA) e Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA 2) (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Avenida Montañana, 930. 50059 Zaragoza, Spain.
Description
Miridiba hybrida (Moser, 1912)
Figs 41–43
Holotrichia hybrida Moser, 1912: 444 (type loc.: Assam, India).
Holotrichia hybrida – Chang 1964: 145, 149–150, figs 58–59 (species list; in key). — Smetana & Král 2006: 219 (catalogue).
Neodontocnema hybrida – Arrow 1948: 51 (combination). — Frey 1971: 222–223, fig. 34 (in key). — Sabatinelli 1983: 213–214, fig. 4 (species list).
Miridiba hybrida – Nomura 1977: 88. — Coca-Abia 2008: 680, 684 (combination; type material; in key). — Bezděk 2016: 271 (catalogue).
DiagnosisExternal morphology of adult (Coca-Abia 2008). Dorsal surface glabrous (Fig. 41). Clypeus with anterior edge deeply emarginate at middle. Frontal carina very sharp and developed. Pronotum with anterior margin moderately concave at each lateral end, with short and sparse pubescence; posterior margin finely flanged except at middle; lateral margins smooth, glabrous and moderately sinuate at anterior half; anterior angles sharp, elevated laterally; posterior angle obtuse and rounded. Epipleuron with pubescence except on apex. Foretibia with conspicuous carina; insertion of inner spur equidistant between second and third outer tooth. Meso- and metatibia with transverse carina complete; inner margin of dorsal surface with spines. Pygidium with short and decumbent pubescence, punctures irregularly distributed; apical margin moderately raised. Ventrite 5 moderately depressed at posterior half. Ventrite 6 bulging. Male genitalia as that of morphotype I. Parameres (Fig. 42) robust, with dorsal branches abruptly curved downward and with dorsal and ventral pubescence; ventral branches moderately curved upwardly; apices of dorsal and ventral branches crossing each other at caudal end. Endophallus (Fig. 43) with spines towards distal end and soft sensillae towards proximal end. Temones (Fig. 43) with apophysis reduced and separated at distal end. Female unknown.
Material examinedINDIA • 1 ♂; Assam, Shiling; 5000 ft; 1 May 1924; Fletcher leg.; BMNH.
RemarksThis species was transferred by Nomura (1977) without studying any type specimens. Coca-Abia (2008) studied and designated a lectotype and a paralectotype of M. hybrida, confirming its transfer to Miridiba. This species shows features of external morphology and male genitalia, which characterize morphotype I “ Trichophora ”. Hence, this species is included in this genital morphotype.
DistributionIndia (Assam).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Event date
- 1924-05-01
- Family
- Melolonthidae
- Genus
- Miridiba
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Moser
- Species
- hybrida
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1924-05-01
- Taxonomic concept label
- Miridiba hybrida (Moser, 1912) sec. Gao & Coca-Abia, 2021
References
- Moser J. 1912. Neue arten der Melolonthiden-Gattungen Holotrichia und Pentelia. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique 56: 420 - 449.
- Chang Y. - W. 1964. Revision of Chinese may beetles of the genus Holotrichia Hope I. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 1 (1): 139 - 152.
- Smetana A. & Kral D. 2006. Tribe Rhizotrogini Burmeister, 1855. In: Lobl I. & Smetana A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea: 207 - 228. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark.
- Arrow G. J. 1948. Further notes on the beetle genus Lachnosterna (Col.: Melolonthinae), with descriptions of three new genera. The Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy 17: 49 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1948. tb 00885. x
- Frey G. 1971. Bestimmungstabelle der Indischen und Ceylonesischen arten der Gattung Holotrichia Hope. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei Munchen 22: 206 - 225.
- Sabatinelli G. 1983. Una nuova Neodontocnema Arrow dell'Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae). Entomologica Basiliensia 8: 211 - 214.
- Nomura S. 1977. On the Melolonthini of Taiwan (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Toho-Gakuho 27: 85 - 109. Nonfried A. F. 1892. Verzeichniss der um Nienghali in Sudchina gesammelten Lucanoiden, Scarabaeiden, Buprestiden, und Cerambyciden, nebst Beschreibung neuer arten. Entomologische Nachrichten 18 (6): 81 - 95.
- Coca-Abia M. M. 2008. Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1901 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae). Zoological Science 25 (6): 673 - 685. https: // doi. org / 10.2108 / zsj. 25.673
- Bezdek A. 2016. Tribe Rhizotrogini Burmeister, 1855. In: Lobl I. & Lobl D. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Revised and updated edition: 249 - 280. Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.