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Miridiba lamellata Gao & Fang 2019
No full text<i>Miridiba lamellata</i> Gao & Fang, 2019 <p> <i>Miridiba</i> (<i>Pledina</i>) <i>lamellata</i> Gao & Fang in Gao <i>et al.</i>, 2019: 459, figs 1–18 (type loc.: Gui Yang city, Guizhou Province, China).</p> Diagnosis <p> See Gao <i>et al</i>. (2019).</p> Remarks <p> Gao <i>et al</i>. (2019) described <i>Miridiba</i> (<i>Pledina</i>) <i>lamellata</i> based on the male holotype only, deposited in the collection of Shenyang Agricultural University of China. This species was included in the subgenus <i>Pledina</i> based on the antenna 10-segmented (Gao <i>et al</i>. 2019), without specifying the features of <i>M. lamellata</i> shared with <i>M. sinensis</i> (type species of <i>Pledina</i>), which would justify considering this new species in the subgenus. We have studied herein <i>M. sinensis</i> that, together with <i>M. pseudosinensis</i>, <i>M. axanensis</i> and <i>M. quasisinensis</i>, constitute the morphotype V “ <i>Sinensis</i> ”, candidate to be subgenus <i>Pledina</i> (see Discussion and Conclusions), and we have not found enough similarities to consider <i>M. lamellata</i> belonging to morphotype V “ <i>Sinensis</i> ”. The antenna 10-segmented, the only character considered by Gao <i>et al</i>. (2019) to classify this new species in the subgenus <i>Pledina</i>, is shared by many other <i>Miridiba</i> species, those included herein in morphotypes II to VIII, and even by many other species of <i>Holotrichia</i>. Therefore, this character is not enough to consider <i>M. lamellata</i> belonging to <i>Pledina</i>. In addition to that, this new species can be separated from <i>M. sinensis</i> by the branches of parameres and setae on mentum and pygidium (Gao <i>et al</i>. 2019: figs 9, 14–17), both species are so different that <i>M. lamellata</i> cannot be considered belonging to <i>Pledina</i>. Likewise, the mentum and labrum of <i>M. lamellata</i> differ from those of <i>Miridiba</i>. Unlike <i>Miridiba</i>, the new species has the mentum with sparse pubescence on the anterior part, and the labrum more strongly depressed at its ventral part than at dorsal one (Gao <i>et al</i>. 2019: figs 5, 9). Therefore, the second author of this paper has doubts about inclusion of <i>M. lamellata</i> in the genus <i>Miridiba</i>. However, taking into account that the first author of this paper is one of the authors of the species and the second author has not studied it, <i>M. lamellata</i> is considered a species incertae sedis of <i>Miridiba</i>.</p> Distribution <p>China (Guizhou).</p>Published as part of <i>Gao, Chuan-bu & Coca-Abia, María Milagro, 2021, Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data, pp. 1-94 in European Journal of Taxonomy 749</i> on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4770293">http://zenodo.org/record/4770293</a>
Miridiba xingkei Gao & Fang 2018
No full textMiridiba xingkei Gao & Fang, 2018 Miridiba xingkei Gao & Fang in Gao et al., 2018: 6, figs 3, 6 (type loc.: Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China). Miridiba xingkei – Gao et al. 2019: 462 (species list; in key). Diagnosis See Gao et al. (2018). Remarks Gao et al. (2018) described Miridiba xingkei based on the male holotype and thirteen paratypes (4 males and 9 females) conserved in IZCAS and NWAFU of China. This species shows features that characterize genital morphotype IX “ Ciliatipennis ”. The parameres have the characteristic dorsal tubular complex (Gao et al. 2018: figs 3g –i) with dorsal and ventral branches (upper and lower parts) (Gao et al. 2018: fig. 3h) forked at distal end (Gao et al. 2018: fig. 3g), showing in lateral view the distinctive concavity at distal end (Gao et al. 2018: fig. 3h). On the other hand, the ventral branches appear reduced but obvious, fused laterally to dorsal tubular complex forming an apparent lateral scar (Gao et al. 2018: figs 3h–i). According to these features, we include M. xingkei in the genital morphotype IX “ Ciliatipennis ”. Distribution China (Yunnan).Published as part of Gao, Chuan-bu & Coca-Abia, María Milagro, 2021, Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data, pp. 1-94 in European Journal of Taxonomy 749 on page 80, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355, http://zenodo.org/record/477029
Miridiba youweii Gao & Fang 2018
No full textMiridiba youweii Gao & Fang, 2018 Miridiba youweii Gao & Fang in Gao et al., 2018: 9, figs 4, 6 (type loc.: Jingdong, Yunnan, China). Miridiba youweii – Gao et al. 2019: 462 (species list; in key). Diagnosis See Gao et al. (2018). Remarks Gao et al. (2018) described Miridiba youweii based on the male holotype and 110 paratypes (71 males and 39 females) conserved in IZCAS. Antenna 9-segmented, pronotal surface densely punctate and parameres with two dorsal and two ventral branches (Gao et al. 2018: fig. 4) allow us to include M. youweii in morphotype I “ Trichophora ”. Distribution China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Zhejiang) Species included in Morphotype II “Gressitti” The group is composed of two species, which are characterized by antenna 10-segmented, pronotal surface scattered punctate (distance between punctures greater than diameter of puncture), and male and female genitalia as specified above.Published as part of Gao, Chuan-bu & Coca-Abia, María Milagro, 2021, Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data, pp. 1-94 in European Journal of Taxonomy 749 on page 47, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355, http://zenodo.org/record/477029
Miridiba bannaensis Gao & Fang 2018
No full text<i>Miridiba bannaensis</i> Gao & Fang, 2018 <p> <i>Miridiba bannaensis</i> Gao & Fang in Gao <i>et al</i>., 2018: 2, figs 1, 6 (type loc.: Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China).</p> <p> <i>Miridiba bannaensis</i> – Gao <i>et al</i>. 2019: 461 (species list; in key).</p> Diagnosis <p> See Gao <i>et al</i>. (2018).</p> Remarks <p> Gao <i>et al</i>. (2018) described <i>Miridiba bannaensis</i> based on one male holotype and three paratypes (one male and two females) preserved in IZCAS. The antenna 9-segmented, pronotal surface densely punctate and parameres with two dorsal and two ventral branches (Gao <i>et al</i>. 2018: fig. 1) allow us to include <i>M. bannaensis</i> in genital morphotype I “ <i>Trichophora</i> ”.</p> Distribution <p>China (Yunnan).</p>Published as part of <i>Gao, Chuan-bu & Coca-Abia, María Milagro, 2021, Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data, pp. 1-94 in European Journal of Taxonomy 749</i> on page 19, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4770293">http://zenodo.org/record/4770293</a>
Miridiba frontalis CH. Bu Gao & M. Coca-Abia
No full textMiridiba frontalis (Fairmaire, 1886) (valid species) Figs 34–36 Rhizotrogus frontalis Fairmaire, 1886: 325 (type loc.: Yunnan, China). Miridiba frontalis – Keith 2005: 98 (combination). Diagnosis External morphology of adult (Fig. 34). Body size 17–19.5 mm. Body surface with conspicuous pubescence on frons, basal part of elytra and pygidium. Clypeus shorter than frons, concave, with anterior edge emarginate at middle. Frontal carina well developed and sharp. Pronotum without pubescence on disc; anterior margin with short setae, without concavity at each lateral end; lateral margins smooth and glabrous, moderately sinuate at posterior half; anterior angles acute, not projected forward, elevated laterally; posterior angles obtuse. Prosternal process quadrangular-shaped. Scutellum glabrous, with punctures except lateral margins. Elytra with conspicuous pubescence on basal part, disc glabrous; epipleuron with pubescence except on apex. Foretibia with strong and sharp carina; insertion of inner spur closer third outer tooth than second one. Meso- and metatibia with transverse carina interrupted at middle, with a marked dorsal and ventral prominence; inner margin of dorsal surface with strong spines. Prepygidium regularly punctate, conspicuous short pubescence. Pygidium with punctures of irregular size and distribution; conspicuous pubescence on disc, longer toward apex; apical margin moderately widened and raised. Ventrites with conspicuous pubescence; ventrite 5 moderately depressed at posterior half, with pubescence longer on depressed part. Ventrite 6 flat, with diffuse punctures. Male genitalia. Parameres (Fig. 35) with apices of dorsal branches moderately curveted; without pubescence or granules. Endophallus (Fig. 36) with raspula of setae and spines larger toward distal end. Temones (Fig. 36) with apophysis reduced and separated at distal end. Female unknown. Material examined Holotype CHINA • ♂; “ Yunnan ”; “Museum Paris 1906 Coll. Lèon Fairmaire ”; “ Rhizotrog frontalis Fair Yunan ”; “ Type ”; “ Holotype Miridiba frontalis (Fairmaire, 1886) CH. Bu Gao & M. Coca-Abia det. 2018”; “ Miridiba castanea (Wat.) Denis Keith det. 2003”; MNHN. Other material CHINA – Guizhou Prov. • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Guiyang; 6 Oct. 1979; C.-J. Yang leg.; C.-B. Gao det.; SYAU. – Hainan Prov. • 1 ♂; Hainan; 1952; C.-B. Gao det.; SYAU. – Sichuan Prov. • 1 ♂; Xichang, Mt Lushan, Yuhuangdian; 1700 m a.s.l.; 8 May 2005; J.-Y. Qiu leg.; C.-B. Gao det.; SYAU. – Yunnan Prov. • 3 ♂♂; Yunnan; A. Davis leg.; Fairmaire det.; Coll. Fairmaire; MNHN • 2 ♂♂, 16 ♀♀; Kunming; C.-W. Li leg.; Y.-W. Zhang det.; IZCAS • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Shaotong; 1981; C.-B. Gao det.; IZCAS. Remarks Keith (2005) transferred Rhizotrogus frontalis to Miridiba and synonymized it with M. castanea based on a series of male specimens labelled with the name of collector (Armand David). Indeed, Fairmaire (1886), in the introduction of the work in which he described R. frontalis, thanked Armand David for the Coleoptera specimens received, which could suggest that the types of R. frontalis are these specimens labelled with the name of that collector. However, Fairmaire (1886) indicated that the description of R. frontalis was based on only one specimen; therefore, the series studied by Keith (2005) cannot be syntypes. We have examined a male specimen of R. frontalis preserved in the collection of Léon Fairmaire (MNHN) labelled as a type and with an original label with his determination. Although Fairmaire (1886) thought that this unique specimen was a female judging from its short antennal club, it is actually a male. In fact, and contrary to other Rhizotrogini, the species of Miridiba do no show obvious sexual dimorphism in the antennal club, which is very short in both sexes. On the other hand, we agree with the transfer of R. frontalis to Miridiba, the features of the external morphology and genitalia show that this species belongs to this genus. Moreover, the antenna 9-segmented and parameres with two dorsal and two ventral branches separated from each other, allow us include it in morphotype I “ Trichophora ”. In contrast, we do not agree with the synonymy of Miridiba frontalis with M. castanea proposed by Keith (2005), who did not sufficiently justify this synonymy. We have compared the type of M. frontalis with those of M. castanea, finding them to differ by the following characters (Table 2): head (pubescence on clypeus and frons, frontal carina), pronotum (anterior margin, anterior angles), the shape of the prosternal process, elytra (pubescence), foretibia (carina, inner spur), the protarsi and mesotarsi (tufts of setae), parameres (pubescence and granules at branches) and endophallus (internal structures). Accordingly, M. frontalis is established herein as valid species. The unique type specimen of M. frontalis (Fairmaire, 1886) found in coll. Léon Fairmaire (MNHN) is a holotype by monotypy, and is labelled as holotype. Distribution China (Hainan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan).Published as part of Gao, Chuan-bu & Coca-Abia, María Milagro, 2021, Revision of the genus Miridiba Reitter, 1902 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): genital morphotypes and new taxonomic data, pp. 1-94 in European Journal of Taxonomy 749 on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.749.1355, http://zenodo.org/record/477029
Paratullbergia qilianensis Bu & Gao 2019
No full textParatullbergia qilianensis Bu & Gao, 2019 in: Bu & Gao 2019b Material examined. 6 females (slide Nos. XJ-2016038–XJ-2016040, XJ-2016042–XJ-2016044), 1 male (slide No. XJ-2016041), 4 juveniles (slide Nos. XJ-2016040, XJ-2016042, XJ-2016045), Northwest China, Xinjiang Province, Bole City, Hariturege Park, 45°08’N 81°46’E, elev. 1125 m, soil samples from the forest of Populus euphratica, 31- VIII-2016; 1 female (slide No. XJ-2016055), 1 male (slide No. XJ-2016056), Northwest China, Xinjiang Province, Urumuchi City, TianShan Grand Canyon, 43°21’ N 87°26’E, elev. 2200 m, soil samples from coniferous forest, 3-IX-2016; 6 females (slide Nos. XJ-2016058, XJ-2016060, XJ-2016062, XJ-2016065, XJ-2016069, XJ-2016078), 9 males (slide Nos. XJ-2016058, XJ-2016061, XJ-2016063, XJ-2016064, XJ-2016066, XJ-2016067, XJ-2016070, XJ-2016071, XJ-2016083), 1 juvenile (slide No. XJ-2016059), Northwest China, Xinjiang Province, Urumuchi City, Baiyanggou, 43°25’ N 87°09’E, elev. 2000 m, soil samples from coniferous forest, 4-IX-2016, all specimens are collected by Cheng-Wang Huang. Distribution. China (Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang). Remarks. Paratullbergia qilianensis is the largest Tullbergiidae species found in China till now which may reach 1.16 mm in length. It has fairly robust habitus and coarse body granulations. The body lengths of 24 adult specimens from Xinjiang are 0.75–1.05 mm. The morphology of most specimens from Xinjiang is as same as types. There is only one minor variation observed in 11 specimens from Harturege Park: seta p4 on Abd. V as microseta (15–17 μm) and in medial position vs. as macroseta (42–45 μm) and distinctly in anterior position in the types (see Bu & Gao, 2019b, Fig. 5). All collected sites of Tullbergiidae from Xinjiang Province in above are shown in Fig. 42. Six species of Tullbergiidae from Xinjiang Province can be separated by the following key.Published as part of Gao, Yan & Bu, Yun, 2022, New species and records of Tullbergiidae (Collembola, Poduromorpha) from Xinjiang province, Northwest China, pp. 531-544 in Zootaxa 5092 (5) on page 542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/589640
Meschia zoui Gao & Malipatil 2019
No full textMeschia zoui Gao & Malipatil, 2019 Meschia zoui Gao & Malipatil, 2019: 176–181. Material examined. Thailand. 1 ♂, 2 km SW of Pak-Muang, 55 km W of Utai-Thani, 220 km NW of Bangkok, 120 m, ix.1991, Zool. Mus. Berlin (ZMHB). Remark. This species has been known from southern China (Yunnan) only; the above listed specimen represents a first country record for Thailand.Published as part of Malipatil, M. B., Yeshwanth, H. M. & Kondorosy, Előd, 2021, Taxonomic position of Heissothignus and review of the species of Meschia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Meschiidae), pp. 283-289 in Zootaxa 5032 (2) on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/548757
Miridiba (Miridiba) xingkei Gao & Bai & Fang & Yu 2018, new species
No full textMiridiba (Miridiba) xingkei Gao & Fang, new species (Figs. 3, 6) Type locality. CHINA: Yunnan Province: Xishuangbanna City. Type material examined. Holotype, male, labelled: “ Menga, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan / 1050–1180 m / Chinese Academy of Sciences [typeset, Chinese] // 1958. V. 13 / Collector Pu Fuji [typeset, Chinese] // Holotrichia (P.) ciliatipennis Moser ♂ / Designed by You-wei Zhang [handwritten, Chinese] // HOLOTYPE ♂ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, red label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, female: “Jingdong, Yunnan 1200 m / 1957. IV. 29 / A. Monchadsky [typeset, Chinese and Russian] // PARATYPE ♀ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, male: “Jingdong 1170 m / 1956. V. 26 / Zagulyaev lamp [typeset, Chinese and Russian] // PARATYPE ♂ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, female: “Xiaomengyang, Yunnan 850 m / 1957. V. 3 / Qiuzhen Liang [typeset, Chinese and Russian] // Holotrichia (P.) ciliatipennis Moser ♀ / Identified by Youwei Zhang 1981. VI [handwritten, Chinese] // PARATYPE ♀ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, male: “Yun Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan / 650 m / Chinese Academic of Sciences [typeset, Chinese] // 1959-?-5 / Collector Xuezhong Zhang [typeset] // H. ciliatipennis Moser / genitalia / 62.3.19 [handwritten] // Holotrichia ciliatipennis Moser / Identified by Youwei Zhang [handwritten, Chinese] // IOZ(E)1967842 [typeset] // PARATYPE ♂ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, male: “Yun Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan / 650 m / Chinese Academic of Sciences [typeset, Chinese] // 1958-V-11 / Collector Xuewu Meng [typeset] // Holotrichia ciliatipennis Moser / Identified by Youwei Zhang [handwritten, Chinese] // IOZ(E)1967836 [typeset] // PARATYPE ♂ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, female: “Yunpenghun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan / 1200- 1400 m / Chinese Academic of Sciences [typeset, Chinese] // 1958-V-11 / Collector Xuewu Meng [typeset] // PARATYPE ♀ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratypes, 3 females: “Jingdong, Yunnan 1200 m / 1957. IV. 25 / A. Monchadsky [typeset, Chinese and Russian] // PARATYPE ♀ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, female: “Simao, Yunnan 1300 m / 1957. V. 9 / Fuji Pu [typeset, Chinese and Russian] // PARATYPE / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, male: “Jingdong 1170 m / 1956.?. 1 / Zagulyaev lamp [typeset, Chinese and Russian] // PARATYPE ♂ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in IZCAS; paratype, female: “ Yunnan Xishuangbanna Menghai / 1982-?- 16 / Wang Sumei, Zhou Jingruo [handwritten, Chinese] // C586 [handwritten] // PARATYPE ♀ / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in NWAUF; paratypes, 2 females: “ Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menglong / Miridiba xingkei sp. nov. / Chuanbu Gao & Hong Fang / det. 2018 [typeset, yellow label]”, deposited in NWAUF Description of holotype (male). Body length 22.8 mm; width across humeri 9.8 mm, oval-elongate, strongly convex, dorsal surface glabrous. Colour: head, pronotum, scutellum and legs dark reddish brown; antennae, elytra and abdomen brown (Figs. 3a, b). Head: Frons densely punctate and glabrous; clypeus arcuate shaped, apex weakly emarginate medially; anterior margin moderately reflexed; fronto-clypeal suture wave-shaped; frontal carina distinctly raised and nearly straight; clypeus shorter than frons, length ratio between clypeus and frons before carina 0.60; distance between eyes nearly four times wider than eye (Fig. 3c). Antenna with 9 antennomeres; club with 3 antennomeres, slightly longer than antennomeres 2-6 combined (Fig. 3d). Thorax: Dorsal surface of pronotum densely punctate and glabrous, widest at basal 2/5; anterior margin smooth and flanged; lateral margin smooth and broadly reflexed; posterior margin smooth; anterolateral angles obtuse, posterior angles obtuse and round. Prosternal process basiconic shaped. Scutellum triangular, dorsal surface densely punctate and glabrous, 1.58 times wider than long. Dorsal surface of elytra glabrous, sutural costae developed; epipleuron with long, dense cilia (Figs. 3a, b). Legs: Protibia tridentate, denticle 2 sharp; dorsal carina forking to denticle 2; apical spur of protibia sharp, apical spur reaching basal one half of protarsomere 1. Metafemora moderately covered with long soft hairs near anterior margin and rough setae near posterior margin (Fig. 3b); outside of metatibia with 1 completed carina at distal 2/5, carina arc-shaped; dorsolateral margin with 2 thorns; dorsomedial margin with 5 pubescent thorns small to large; metatibia with two apical spurs of different sizes, the big spur acinaciform, 1.72 times longer than the small spur (Fig. 3e); metatarsomere 1 equal in length to metatarsomere 2. Abdomen: Lateral sides of abdominal sternites densely punctate and setiferous, setae short; posterior sternites 5 and 6 covered with long soft hairs. Pygidium: Fan-shaped pygidium densely punctate and setiferous, 1.37 times wider than long, apical pygidium at a right angle; middle area weakly convex. Male genitalia. Phallobase: Phallobase 1.2 times longer than parameres; dorsal surface with a depressed longitudinal sulcus at middle; anterior 1/5 of phallobase weakly constricted. Parameres: Parameres with two pairs of branches: two thick long dorsal branches and two short ventral branches; each dorsal branch with a thick protuberance on dorsum; tip of each dorsal branch with a notch in the ventral side; ventral branch with a big coneshaped hook ventrally before the apex (Figs. 3 g–i). Endophallus: Dorsal endophallus with temones tapered; medial endophallus with small hooks; distal end of endophallus with a round seminal vesicle (Fig. 3j). Female. Body slightly longer and broader than in male. Antenna with 9 antennomeres; club with 3 antennomeres, shorter than antennomeres 2–6 combined. Metafemora and apex of metatibia broader than in male. The big spur of apical metatibia broader and blunter than male, 1.3 times longer than the smaller spur (Fig. 3f). Variability. All the paratypes slightly differ in size (total body length 21.7–25.6 mm, width across humeri 9.5– 11.6 mm). Diagnosis. Miridiba (M.) xingkei new species and Miridiba (M.) ciliatipennis (Moser, 1913) are similar in the elytral epipleuron bearing dense, long cilia. The two species can be separated by following characters: the presence or absence of the midline on the posterior of the pronotum (absent in M. (M.) xingkei new species; present in M. (M.) ciliatipennis), the form of setae near the posterior margin of the metafemora (few large setae in M. (M.) xingkei new species, dense small setae in M. (M.) ciliatipennis), the shape of the spurs of the apical metatibia (arcshaped in M. (M.) xingkei new species, straight in M. (M.) ciliatipennis), the form of the parameres (each dorsal branch with a developed protuberance in M. (M.) xingkei new species, the dorsal branches without protuberances in M. (M.) ciliatipennis). Distribution. China (Yunnan: Puer, Xishuangbanna) (Fig. 6). Etymology. This new species is dedicated to Dr Xingke Yang, a respected researcher, who has devoted himself into taxonomy and systematics study of Chinese Coleoptera for more than thirty years. He will retire from the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018. Chinese name. 杨脊鳃金龟 Remarks. Chang (1964) listed M. (M.) ciliatipennis from China. However, we examined all specimens in IZCAS identified as M. (M.) ciliatipennis by Chang himself and they all belong to the new species M. (M.) xingkei. Based on this, we have excluded M. (M.) ciliatipennis from the Chinese fauna.Published as part of Gao, Chuan-Bu, Bai, Ming, Fang, Hong & Yu, Zhi-Guo, 2018, Four new species of the genus Miridiba Reitter (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from China, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 4527 (1) on pages 6-9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/261188
FIGURES 5–18 in Megistophylla octobracchia Gao & Li, new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Yunnan, China, and redescription of M. grandicornis (Fairmaire, 1891)
No full textFIGURES 5–18. Head of Megistophylla (5, 12 antennae; 6, 13 head; 7, 14 labrum; 8, 15 mandible, inner side; 9, 16 mandible, top side; 10, 17 maxilla; 11, 18 mentum). 5–11, Megistophylla octobracchia Gao & Li, new species, holotype; 12–18, Megistophylla grandicornis (Fairmaire, 1891). Scale bar: 1.0 mm for 5, 6, 12, 13; 0.5 mm for 7–11, 14–18.Published as part of Gao, Chuan-Bu, Li, Chun-Lin & Fang, Hong, 2019, Megistophylla octobracchia Gao & Li, new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Yunnan, China, and redescription of M. grandicornis (Fairmaire, 1891), pp. 515-522 in Zootaxa 4565 (4) on page 518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/259133
Data for Gao, Gallant et al., PNAS 2022
No full textThis is data relating to published Figures 1−4 in Gao, H., Gallant, B. M., et al., Fluoro-Organosulfur Catholytes to Boost Lithium Primary Battery Energy, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2022
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