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Issue: Vol. 4996 No. 2: 5 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.2.7
Page range: 331-342
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Miridiba hani Gao, a new species from Hainan, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Rhizotrogini), with a new combination from Vietnam

Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510260 China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China.
College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, 110866 China.
Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510260 China.
Coleoptera may beetle morphology identification key the Palaearctic region

Abstract

A new species of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 from Hainan Island of China is described and illustrated: Miridiba hani Gao, new species. A key to the species of the genus Miridiba known in Hainan Island is provided. A new combination is proposed: Miridiba longiuscula (Moser, 1909), new combination.

 

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