Miridiba castanea

Miridiba castanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Miridiba
Species:	M. castanea
Binomial name
	Miridiba castanea; (Waterhouse, 1875)
Synonyms
	Holotrichia castaneaWaterhouse, 1875;

Last updated February 07, 2026

Miridiba castanea is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in China (Beijing, Chongqing, Gansu, Liaoning, Shanxi, Sichuan), Japan (Honshu), the Russian Far East and South Korea.^[2]^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 18.5–22.5 mm. The dorsal surface is glabrous, the frons with inconspicuous short pubescence and some sparse long setae. The pronotum is glabrous, at most, with hardly visible, short setae in each puncture. The anterior margin has short and sparse setae. The elytra are glabrous with, at most, some sparse setae on basal margin and short setae in each puncture.^[3]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) castanea 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.
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 23, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] BioLib

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) castanea 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.

[:2-3] 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 23, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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