Miridiba nigrescens
| Miridiba nigrescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Miridiba |
| Species: | M. nigrescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Miridiba nigrescens (Moser, 1916)
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Miridiba nigrescens is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in India (Tamil Nadu).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11.7–13.3 mm. They are reddish brown to black. The dorsal surface is glabrous, at most with hardly visible, short setae in each puncture. The pronotal surface has strong and deep punctures and the scutellum is glabrous, with uniformly distributed punctures. The elytral surface is shiny and has evenly distributed punctures.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) nigrescens 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 26, 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 26, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.