''Miridiba'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s in the family

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...

, which are known for their white larvae that feed on the roots of plants. The antennae end in a short club (shorter than the basal stalk). The mandible has a wrinkled molar lobe and the incisor lobe is depressed above. The labrum is depressed in the middle. Species within this genus are found in the Old World, mainly in eastern and tropical Asia. Many species in the genus were earlier placed in the genus '' Holotrichia''.

Species

Subgenus ''Miridiba'' (s.s.)

* '' Miridiba abdominalis'' (Hope, 1831) * '' Miridiba aequabilis'' (Bates, 1891) * '' Miridiba bannaensis'' Gao & Fang, 2018 * '' Miridiba bengalensis'' (Brenske, 1894) * '' Miridiba bidentata'' (Burmeister, 1855) * '' Miridiba bilobata'' (Moser, 1913) * '' Miridiba borneensis'' (Moser, 1918) * '' Miridiba brancuccii'' (Sabatinelli, 1983) * '' Miridiba brunneipennis'' (Moser, 1916) * '' Miridiba castanea'' (Waterhouse, 1875) * '' Miridiba ciliatipennis'' (Moser, 1913) * '' Miridiba coromandeliana'' (Blanchard, 1851) * '' Miridiba coxalis'' (Arrow, 1944) * '' Miridiba diversiceps'' (Moser, 1912) * '' Miridiba dohrni'' (Brenske, 1894) * '' Miridiba excisa'' (Moser, 1913) * '' Miridiba frontalis'' (Fairmaire, 1886) * '' Miridiba furcillata'' Keith & Sabatinelli, 2010 * '' Miridiba gravida'' (Sharp, 1881) * '' Miridiba gressitti'' (Frey, 1970) * '' Miridiba hanoiensis'' (Keith, 2006) * '' Miridiba herteli'' (Frey, 1971) * '' Miridiba hirsuta'' Itoh, 2001 * '' Miridiba huesiotoi'' Li & Yang, 2015 * '' Miridiba hybrida'' (Moser, 1912) * '' Miridiba imitatrix'' (Brenske, 1899) * '' Miridiba koreana'' Niijima & Kinoshita, 1923 * '' Miridiba kuatunensis'' Gao & Fang, 2018 * '' Miridiba kuraruana'' Nomura, 1977 * '' Miridiba laosana'' (Moser, 1912) * '' Miridiba leucophthalma'' (Wiedemann, 1819) * '' Miridiba longula'' (Moser, 1912) * '' Miridiba malaccensis'' (Moser, 1912) * '' Miridiba newari'' (Sabatinelli & Migliaccio, 1982) * '' Miridiba nigrescens'' (Moser, 1916) * '' Miridiba obscura'' Itoh, 1995 * '' Miridiba pilosella'' (Moser, 1908) * '' Miridiba pseudosinensis'' Keith, 2010 * '' Miridiba recta'' Keith & Sabatinelli, 2010 * '' Miridiba rugaticollis'' (Moser, 1913) * '' Miridiba saigonensis'' (Moser, 1912) * '' Miridiba schoolmeesteri'' Keith, 2010 * '' Miridiba scutata'' (Reitter, 1902) * '' Miridiba siamensis'' Keith, 2004 * '' Miridiba sus'' (Moser, 1912) * '' Miridiba taipei'' Li & Wang, 2015 * '' Miridiba taoi'' Li & Wang, 2015 * '' Miridiba thai'' Keith, 2010 * '' Miridiba trichophora'' (Fairmaire, 1891) * '' Miridiba tuberculipennis'' (Moser, 1913) * '' Miridiba vethi'' (Moser, 1914) * '' Miridiba wangi'' (Li & Zhang, 1997) * '' Miridiba waterstradti'' (Moser, 1912) * '' Miridiba xingkei'' Gao & Fang, 2018 * '' Miridiba youweii'' Gao & Fang, 2018

Subgenus ''Pledina''

* '' Miridiba axanensis'' Keith, 2020 * '' Miridiba enigmatica'' Keith, 2020 * '' Miridiba lamellata'' Gao & Fang, 2019 * '' Miridiba parasinensis'' Keith, 2020 * '' Miridiba quasisinensis'' Keith, 2020 * '' Miridiba sinensis'' (Hope, 1842) * '' Miridiba sinensoides'' Keith, 2020

References

Melolonthinae Scarabaeidae genera {{Melolonthinae-stub