Miridiba (Pledina) sinensis (Hope, 1845)

Holotrichia sinensis Hope, 1842: 60, 1843: 63, 1845: 8.

Ancylonycha sinae Blanchard, 1851: 139, Burmeister 1855: 136 (junior synonym of M. (P.) sinensis).

Holotrichia (Pledina) sinensis: Reitter 1902: 174, Smetana & Král 2006: 219.

Miridiba (Pledina) sinensis: Nomura 1977: 88, Miyake 1991: 9, Li et al. 2015: 533, Bezděk 2016: 272.

Rhizotrogus cribellatus Fairmaire, 1891: 200, Keith 2006: 43 (junior synonym of M. (P.) sinensis).

Type locality. “Canton” (= China: Guangzhou) .

Type material examined. Lectotype, male, labelled: “ China / Canton [handwritten] // 60·15 / E.I.C [typeset] / Sinensis. Hope. [handwritten] // Lectotype / Miridiba sinensis (Hope, 1845) / CH. Bu Gao & M. Coca-Abia, 2017 [typeset, red label]”, deposited in BMNH.

Additional material examined. Two males, labelled: “ Hainan / 1952, Summer [handwritten, Chinese] // Holotrichia . sinensis Hope / Identified by Zhiliang Zhang [handwritten, Chinese]”, deposited in SYAU; male: “ Hainan Islands, Jian Fengling / 1992-4-5 / Guangchun Liu, Min Wang / Northwest Agriculture University [typeset, Chinese]”, deposited in NWAFU; male: “ Yunnan, Mengyang 790 m / 1991-?-8 / Liu Guangchun, Cai Wanzhi / NWAFU [typeset, Chinese] // Miridiba sinensis / (Hope, 1845) / (GCHB) det. 2018”, deposited in NWAFU .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) (Chang 1964; Wei 1989; Zhang & Li 1997).

Remarks. Newly recorded for Hainan and Yunnan provinces.