Miridiba bidentata

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Miridiba bidentata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Miridiba
Species:
M. bidentata
Binomial name
Miridiba bidentata
(Burmeister, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Ancylonycha bidentataBurmeister, 1855
  • Holotrichia behrensiBrenske, 1892
  • Lachnosterna convexaSharp, 1881

Miridiba bidentata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Indonesia (Java, Sumatra). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 19.8–20.5 mm. The dorsal surface is glabrous. The anterior, posterior and lateral margins of the pronotum are glabrous. The elytra are more densely punctate at base than at the apices. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) bidentata 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 26, 2026.
  3. 1 2 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. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.