Miridiba taipei

Miridiba taipei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Miridiba
Species:	M. taipei
Binomial name
Miridiba taipei Wang & Li, 2015

Miridiba taipei is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Taiwan. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 14.1–15.5 mm. They are moderately shiny. The head, pronotum, scutellum, legs, and ventral thorax are reddish brown to rufo-testaceous, while the elytra and abdomen are yellowish brown. The antennae are yellowish brown or reddish brown. Both the pronotum and elytra are densely covered with hair-like, long, brownish pale setae. ^[4]

Etymology

The species name refers to the type locality, Taipei. ^[4]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) taipei 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 25, 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 25, 2026.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
4. Li, C. L.; Yang, P. S.; Wang, C. C. (2015). "A review of the genus Miridiba Reitter (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) of Taiwan". Zootaxa. 3955 (4): 521–536. Retrieved January 25, 2026.