Miridiba excisa

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Miridiba excisa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Miridiba
Species:
M. excisa
Binomial name
Miridiba excisa
(Moser, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Holotrichia excisaMoser, 1913

Miridiba excisa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) and Myanmar. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 19.3–20.2 mm. The dorsal surface is glabrous and the anterior margin of the pronotum has short and sparse setae, while the lateral margins are smooth and glabrous. The scutellum is triangular, glabrous and densely punctate and the elytra are glabrous. [3]

References

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