Miridiba malaccensis
| Miridiba malaccensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Miridiba |
| Species: | M. malaccensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Miridiba malaccensis (Moser, 1912) | |
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Miridiba malaccensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Malaysia.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 25 mm (0.98 in). They are similar to Miridiba saigonensis, but they are more robust and easily distinguished by the shape of the pronotum. The head is coarsely and densely punctate. On the frons, the punctures are somewhat more widely spaced next to the clypeal suture. The vertex is strongly keeled, the anterior margin of the clypeus is slightly upturned, with a blunt triangular notch in the middle and rounded off beside the notch. The pronotum is even more densely punctate than in M. saigonensis. The elytra are quite densely punctate, and the ribs are indicated by smooth longitudinal striae. On the pygidium, the rather coarse punctures are widely spaced. The chest is covered in yellow hairs, the abdomen is not densely punctured, and the punctures are somewhat fainter than in M. saigonensis.[4]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) malaccensis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
- ↑ Gao, Chuan-bu; Coca-Abia, M. M. (2021-05-12). "Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data". European Journal of Taxonomy. 749 (1): 1–94. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - ↑ Moser, J. (1912). "Neue Arten der Melolonthiden-Gattungen Holotrichia und Pentelia". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 56: 420–449. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
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