Miridiba gravida ( Sharp, 1881 )

Miridiba gravida ( Sharp, 1881)

Lachnosterna gravida Sharp, 1881: 227 View in CoL ( type loc.: Soerian, Sumatra).

Holotrichia moffartsi Brenske, 1900: 148 ( type loc.: Sumatra).

Holotrichia gravida – Brenske 1894b: 277 (combination). — Dalla Torre 1912: 203 (catalogue). — Frey 1970: 248 (in key). — Itoh 2002: 17, figs 1–12 (redescription).

Holotrichia moffartsi – Itoh 2002: 17 (synonym). — Frey 1970: 248 (in key).

Miridiba gravida – Coca-Abia 2008: 679, 683 (combination; in key). — Matsumoto 2016: 3, figs 9–11 (type material).

Diagnosis

See Sharp (1881) and Itoh (2002).

Material examined

Lectotype of H. moffartsi (here designated) INDONESIA • ♂; “ Sumatra ”; “Lectotype Miridiba moffartsi ( Sharp, 1881) CH. Bu Gao det. 2017”; MFNB .

Remarks

Itoh (2002) redescribed Holotrichia gravida and Coca-Abia (2008) transferred it to Miridiba . In the original description, Sharp (1881) indicated that this species is closely allied to M. leucophthalma . We have not studied type specimens of H. gravida , but, after reviewing the redescription by Itoh (2002), we agree with Sharp (1881) and include this species in morphotype III “ Leucophthalma ”. On the other hand, Brenske (1900) also considered H. moffartsi belonging to Leucophthalma group. The first author of this paper has studied and compared a syntype of H. moffartsi (MFNB) with the genitalia illustrations of M. gravida ( Itoh 2002) , verifying the synonymy proposed by this author ( Itoh 2002). Also, the syntype of H. moffartsi (MFNB) is designated as lectotype herein.

Distribution

Indonesia ( Sumatra).

Species included in Morphotype IV “Bidentata”

The group is composed of seven species, which are characterized by antenna 10-segmented, pronotal surface densely punctate (distance between punctures equal or smaller than diameter of a puncture), and male and female genitalia as specified above.