Miridiba xingkei Gao & Fang, 2018

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 : 80

Miridiba xingkei Gao & Fang, 2018

Miridiba xingkei Gao & Fang in Gao et al., 2018: 6 , figs 3, 6 (type loc.: Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China).

Miridiba xingkei – Gao et al. 2019: 462 (species list; in key).

Diagnosis

See Gao et al. (2018).

Remarks

Gao et al. (2018) described Miridiba xingkei based on the male holotype and thirteen paratypes (4 males and 9 females) conserved in IZCAS and NWAFU of China. This species shows features that characterize genital morphotype IX “ Ciliatipennis ”. The parameres have the characteristic dorsal tubular complex ( Gao et al. 2018: figs 3g –i) with dorsal and ventral branches (upper and lower parts) ( Gao et al. 2018: fig. 3h) forked at distal end ( Gao et al. 2018: fig. 3g), showing in lateral view the distinctive concavity at distal end ( Gao et al. 2018: fig. 3h). On the other hand, the ventral branches appear reduced but obvious, fused laterally to dorsal tubular complex forming an apparent lateral scar ( Gao et al. 2018: figs 3h–i). According to these features, we include M. xingkei in the genital morphotype IX “ Ciliatipennis ”.

Distribution

China (Yunnan).