Miridiba kuraruana Nomura, 1977

Miridiba kuraruana Nomura, 1977

Figs 47–50 View Figs 47–50

Miridiba kuraruana Nomura, 1977: 89 ( type loc.: Kenting, Taiwan, China).

Miridiba kuraruana – Smetana & Král 2006: 222 (catalogue). — Coca-Abia 2008: 680, 683 (in key). — Li et al. 2015: 523 View Cited Treatment , figs 1, 7, 13, 19, 25–26 (redescription; in key). — Bezděk 2016: 272 (catalogue). — Gao et al. 2018: 14 View Cited Treatment (catalogue; type material); 2019: 461 (species list; in key).

Diagnosis

External morphology of adult ( Fig. 47 View Figs 47–50 ). Body size 18.9–20.0 mm. Dorsal surface shiny. Clypeus concave, with oblique sides, anterior edge moderately emarginate at middle and pubescence short. Frons with conspicuous pubescence; punctures thicker than those of clypeus; angular strong carina with a midvertex. Pronotum with hardly visible short setae in each puncture; pronotal anterior margin sloped forward, glabrous, at most, some short setae; posterior margin glabrous; lateral margins strongly serrated, with conspicuous short pubescence; anterior angles obtuse, not projected forward; posterior angles obtuse and rounded. Prosternal process tongue-shaped. Scutellum punctate, with short setae. Elytra with punctures regularly distributed, disc with very short setae in each puncture hardly visible; basal and lateral part with conspicuous long pubescence; epipleuron with pubescence except on apex. Foretibia with dorsal strong carina, insertion of inner spur in male equidistant between second and third outer tooth. Meso- and metatibia with complete transverse carina, inner margin of dorsal surface with spines. Prepygidium regularly punctate, with short but conspicuous pubescence. Pygidium irregularly punctate, with conspicuous pubescence, longer on apex; apical margin moderately raised. Ventrite 5 moderately depressed at posterior half, with strong punctures and pubescence, longer on depressed part. Ventrite 6 with punctures irregularly distributed, conspicuous pubescence, bulky at anterior margin, bulge without punctures. Male genitalia: parameres ( Fig. 48 View Figs 47–50 ) with setae on ventral side of dorsal branches and dorsal side of ventral ones; in lateral view, moderately bent towards apices at two stretches; apices of ventral branches thin and slightly curved outwards and upward, with a small apical tip. Endophallus ( Fig. 49 View Figs 47–50 ) with spines at distal end; all proximal part of sac covered with trichodea sensilla. Female genitalia ( Fig. 50 View Figs 47–50 ) as that of morphotype I, with two dark rounded sclerotized areas on dorsal membrane of median oviduct.

Material examined

Holotype CHINA • ♂; “Formosa [ Taiwan], Kenting Park; 12 Jun. 1971; Y. Maeda leg.”; “light”; “Sizumu Nomura 1981 Bequest, 1981”; “♂”; “Holotype Miridiba kuraruana Nomura (1977) ”; NSMT.

Paratypes CHINA • 1 ♀; “ Taiwan , Kenting; 7 May 1977; M. Sakaino leg.”; “Sizumu NOMURA Bequest, 1981”; “♀”; “PARATYPE Miridiba kuraruana NOMURA (1977) ”; NSMT • 1 ♂; Taiwan , Kenting; 2 Apr. 1970; S. Cho leg.; “♂”; “PARATYPE Miridiba kuraruana NOMURA (1977) ”; NSMT • 1 ♂; “ Ken ding ” [Taiwan, Kenting]; 19 May 1973; K. Masumoto leg.; “♂”; “B. n. 1985-385”; “PARATYPE Miridiba kuraruana NOMURA, 1977 ”; BMNH • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; “♀”; BMNH .

Remarks

Nomura (1977) described Miridiba kuraruana based on a male holotype and thirty-three paratypes ( 18 males and 15 females). After studying the holotype and four paratypes of M. kuraruana , we conclude that M. kuraruana shows features of male and female genitalia that characterize morphotype I “ Trichophora ”. Hence, this species is included in this genital morphotype I.

Distribution

China ( Taiwan).