Miridiba kuraruana
| Miridiba kuraruana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Miridiba |
| Species: | M. kuraruana
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| Binomial name | |
| Miridiba kuraruana Nomura, 1977
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Miridiba kuraruana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Taiwan.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 18.9–20 mm. The dorsal surface is shiny. The frons has conspicuous pubescence and the pronotum has hardly visible short setae in each puncture. Its anterior margin is glabrous or has some short setae, the posterior margin is glabrous and the lateral margins are strongly serrated, with conspicuous short pubescence. The elytra have regularly distributed punctures and the disc has very short setae. The basal and lateral part have conspicuous long pubescence.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) kuraruana 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 23, 2026.
- ^ a b 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 23, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.