Miridiba


Miridiba is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae, which are known for their white larvae that feed on the roots of plants. The antennae end in a short club. The mandible has a wrinkled molar lobe and the incisor lobe is depressed above. The labrum is depressed in the middle. Species within this genus are found in the Old World, mainly in eastern and tropical Asia. Many species in the genus were earlier placed in the genus Holotrichia.

Species

Subgenus ''Miridiba'' (s.s.)

Miridiba abdominalis Miridiba aequabilis Miridiba bannaensis Gao & Fang, 2018Miridiba bengalensis Miridiba bidentata Miridiba bilobata Miridiba borneensis Miridiba brancuccii Miridiba brunneipennis Miridiba castanea Miridiba ciliatipennis Miridiba coromandeliana Miridiba coxalis Miridiba diversiceps Miridiba dohrni Miridiba excisa Miridiba frontalis Miridiba furcillata Keith & Sabatinelli, 2010Miridiba gravida Miridiba gressitti Miridiba hanoiensis Miridiba herteli Miridiba hirsuta Itoh, 2001Miridiba huesiotoi Li & Yang, 2015Miridiba hybrida Miridiba imitatrix Miridiba koreana Niijima & Kinoshita, 1923Miridiba kuatunensis Gao & Fang, 2018Miridiba kuraruana Nomura, 1977Miridiba laosana Miridiba leucophthalma Miridiba longula Miridiba malaccensis Miridiba newari Miridiba nigrescens Miridiba obscura Itoh, 1995Miridiba pilosella Miridiba pseudosinensis Keith, 2010Miridiba recta Keith & Sabatinelli, 2010Miridiba rugaticollis Miridiba saigonensis Miridiba schoolmeesteri Keith, 2010Miridiba scutata Miridiba siamensis Keith, 2004Miridiba sus Miridiba taipei Li & Wang, 2015Miridiba taoi Li & Wang, 2015Miridiba thai Keith, 2010Miridiba trichophora Miridiba tuberculipennis Miridiba vethi Miridiba wangi Miridiba waterstradti Miridiba xingkei Gao & Fang, 2018Miridiba youweii Gao & Fang, 2018

Subgenus ''Pledina''

Miridiba axanensis Keith, 2020Miridiba enigmatica Keith, 2020Miridiba lamellata Gao & Fang, 2019Miridiba parasinensis Keith, 2020Miridiba quasisinensis Keith, 2020Miridiba sinensis Miridiba sinensoides Keith, 2020