Miridiba brancuccii ( Sabatinelli, 1983 )

Gao, Chuan-bu & Coca-Abia, María Milagro, 2021, Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data, European Journal of Taxonomy 749, pp. 1-94 : 20-21

Miridiba brancuccii ( Sabatinelli, 1983)

Neodontocnema brancuccii Sabatinelli, 1983: 211 , figs 1–2 (type loc.: Darjeeling, India).

Miridiba brancuccii – Smetana & Král 2006: 222 (combination; catalogue). — Coca-Abia 2008: 677, 684 (in key). — Bezděk 2016: 271 (catalogue).

Diagnosis

See Sabatinelli (1983).

Remarks

Sabatinelli (1983) described Neodontocnema brancuccii ignoring the papers of Chang (1964) and Nomura (1977) in which Neodontocnema was synonymized with Miridiba . Later, Smetana & Král (2006) transferred this species to Miridiba , which was confirmed by Bezděk (2016). According to the original description based on a unique male specimen, features of male genitalia such as parameres with two dorsal and two ventral branches ( Sabatinelli 1983: figs 1–2) characterize to morphotype I “ Trichophora ”. Hence, this species is included in this genital morphotype.

Distribution

India (West Bengal).