Miridiba pilosella

Miridiba pilosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Miridiba
Species:
M. pilosella
Binomial name
Miridiba pilosella
(Moser, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Holotrichia pilosella Moser, 1908
  • Holotrichia formosana Moser, 1909

Miridiba pilosella is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Vietnam, China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang) and Taiwan.[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 17.4–19 mm. The dorsal surface has conspicuous short pubescence and the pronotal anterior margin has short setae, while the posterior margin is glabrous and the lateral margins are strongly serrated with short setae. The scutellum is densely punctate and the elytra have regularly distributed punctures, which are more scattered and larger than those of the pronotum.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) pilosella 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.
  3. ^ 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.