Miridiba trichophora ( Fairmaire, 1891 )

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 : 16-18

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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4773223

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scientific name

Miridiba trichophora ( Fairmaire, 1891 )
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Miridiba trichophora ( Fairmaire, 1891)

Figs 2–3 View Figs 2–4 , 24–25 View Figs 24–25

Rhizotrogus trichophorus Fairmaire, 1891: 199 (type loc.: Shanghai, China).

Holotrochus vestitus Brenske, 1894a: 75 .

Shangaia vestita Lucas, 1920: 592 .

Holotrochus vestitus – Dalla Torre 1912: 219 (catalogue). — Coca-Abia 2008: 674, 683, figs 1–5, 8–9 (type material).

Holotrichia trichophora – Chang 1964: 146, 149–150, figs 44–45 (species list; in key).

Miridiba trichophora – Reitter 1902: 170 (combination of Rhizotrogus trichophorus ). — Dalla Torre 1912: 248 (catalogue). — Smetana & Král 2006: 222 (catalogue). — Coca-Abia 2008: 674, 683, figs 1–5, 8–9 (type material; in key). — Bezděk 2016: 272. — Gao et al. 2018: 17 (catalogue); 2019: 462 (species list; in key). View Cited Treatment

Shangaia vestita – Itoh 1990: 5 (synonym of Miridiba trichophora ). — Smetana & Král 2006: 222 (catalogue).

Diagnosis

External morphology of adult ( Fig. 24 View Figs 24–25 ). Length 12.4–18.0 mm. Dorsal surface with long and yellowish pubescence. Clypeus flat with anterior edge almost straight, oblique laterally; surface glabrous. Clypeal suture almost straight. Frontal carina sharp. Anterior margin of pronotum with pubescence; lateral margins smooth; anterior angles obtuse, not projected forward. Prosternal process conical in shape, bulging ventrally. Scutellum glabrous, shiny, punctures tiny. Epipleuron with pubescence. Foretibia with moderately developed dorsal carina; insertion of inner spur almost equidistant between second and third outer tooth. Meso- and metatibiae with a weak transverse carina continuous without dorsal and ventral prominences; inner margin of dorsal surface with spines. Prepygidium with pubescence shorter than those of pygidium, punctures irregularly distributed. Pygidium with surface irregularly punctate and conspicuous pubescence irregularly in length. Ventrite 5 moderately depressed at posterior half. Male genitalia ( Figs 2–3 View Figs 2–4 ): Ventral face of dorsal branches with pubescent granules ( Fig. 2C View Figs 2–4 ); apices of dorsal branches moderately curved downwardly, with a small sharp tip. Endophallus with a basiconic spine and a raspula with sensilla more robust towards distal end ( Fig. 3 View Figs 2–4 ). Apophysis of temones separated from each other at distal end. Female genitalia ( Fig. 25 View Figs 24–25 ) described in the morphotype I “ Trichophora ”.

Material examined

Paralectotype (here indicated) CHINA • ♂; “ Rhizotrogus trichophorus Fairm., Tchang-Yang ” [Tchang Yang, now Changyang , a road in Shanghai]; “ Type ”; “Museum Paris 1906 Coll. Leon Fairmaire ”; “ Miridiba trichophora ( Fairmaire, 1891) CH. Bu Gao & M. Coca-Abia det. 2017”; MNHN .

Other material

CHINA – Hebei Prov. • 1 ♂; Cangxian; Gao det.; SYAU . – Henan Prov. • 1 ♀; Yuanyang, Jintang ; 14 Apr. 1973; Gao det.; SYAU . – Jiangxi Prov. • 1 ♂; Nanchang, Liantang Town ; Apr. 1953; SYAU . – Shaanxi Prov. • 1 ♂; Xianyang ; 22 Nov. 1971; Gao det.; SYAU . – Shandong Prov. • 2 ♂♂; Weifang, Zhucheng ; May 1977; Gao det.; SYAU .

Remarks

Coca-Abia (2008) designated the lectotype based on a specimen preserved in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest). An additional syntype has been found in the Léon Fairmaire collection (MNHN) with an identification label handwritten, specifying Tchang-Yang as locality. This locality was cited by Fairmaire in the original description, which makes it the typical locality. According to the ICZN (Art. 72.4.1.1) “For a nominal species or subspecies established before 2000, any evidence, published or unpublished, may be taken into account to determine what specimens constitute the type series” (sic). Two pieces of evidence support our decision to consider this specimen belonging to the type series: it is preserved in the collection of L. Fairmaire and has a handwritten label specifying Tchang-Yang as locality. Thus, this syntype specimen is indicated herein as paralectotype.

Distribution

China (Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Fujian, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Neimengol, Shaan Xi, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Zhejiang).

MNHN

France, Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Melolonthidae

SubFamily

Melolonthinae

Tribe

Melolonthini

SubTribe

Rhizotrogina

Genus

Miridiba

Loc

Miridiba trichophora ( Fairmaire, 1891 )

Gao, Chuan-bu & Coca-Abia, María Milagro 2021
2021
Loc

Shangaia vestita

Smetana & Král 2006: 222
Itoh 1990: 5
1990
Loc

Holotrichia trichophora

Chang 1964: 146
1964
Loc

Shangaia vestita

Lucas R. 1920: 592
1920
Loc

Holotrochus vestitus

Coca-Abia M. M. 2008: 674
Dalla Torre K. W. von 1912: 219
1912
Loc

Miridiba trichophora

Gao et al. 2018: 17
Bezděk 2016: 272
Coca-Abia 2008: 674
Smetana & Král 2006: 222
Dalla Torre 1912: 248
Reitter 1902: 170
1902
Loc

Holotrochus vestitus

Brenske E. 1894: 75
1894
Loc

Rhizotrogus trichophorus

Fairmaire L. 1891: 199
1891
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