Miridiba youweii

Miridiba youweii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Miridiba
Species:	M. youweii
Binomial name
Miridiba youweii Gao & Fang, 2018

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 22–24 mm. They have a strongly convex, oval-elongate body. The head, pronotum, scutellum and legs are dark reddish brown, while the antennae, elytra and abdomen are dark brown. The dorsal surface is densely punctate and glabrous. ^[4]

Etymology

The species is dedicated to Mr Youwei Zhang. ^[4]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Miridiba (Miridiba) youweii 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.
4. Gao, Chuan-Bu; Bai, Ming; Fang, Hong; Yu, Zhi-Guodate= 2018. "Four new species of the genus Miridiba Reitter (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from China". Zootaxa. 4527 (1): 1–20. Retrieved January 23, 2026.