Miridiba frontalis

Miridiba frontalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Miridiba
Species:	M. frontalis
Binomial name
Miridiba frontalis (Fairmaire, 1886)
Synonyms
Rhizotrogus frontalisFairmaire, 1886

Miridiba frontalis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in China (Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan). ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 17–19.5 mm. The body surface has conspicuous pubescence on the frons, basal part of the elytra and pygidium. The pronotum is without pubescence on the disc, but there are short setae on the anterior margin. The lateral margins are smooth and glabrous. The elytra have conspicuous pubescence on the basal part, but the disc is glabrous. ^[3]

Taxonomy

Keith transferred Rhizotrogus frontalis to Miridiba and synonymized it with Miridiba castanea in 2005. It was reinstated as a valid species in 2021. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) frontalis 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. 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.