Miridiba (Miridiba) trichophora (Fairmaire, 1891) Rhizotrogus trichophorus Fairmaire, 1891: 199. Miridiba trichophora: Reitter 1902: 170. Holotrochus vestitus Brenske, 1894: 75, Coca-Abia 2008: 674 (junior synonym of M. (M.) trichophora). Type locality. “Tchang-Yang” (= China: Hubei: Changyang). Type material examined. Paralectotype, male, labelled: “ Rhizotrogus / trichophorus / Fairm / Tchang Yang [handwritten] // MUSÉUM PARIS / 1906 / Coll. Léon FAIRMAIRE [typeset] // TYPE [typeset, red label] // Paralectotype / Miridiba trichophora (Fairmaire, 1891) / Chuan-bu Gao & / Coca-Abia det. 2017 [typeset, red label]”, deposited in MNHN. Distribution. China (Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Neimongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Zhejiang) (Chang 1964; Liu, 1997; Wei, 1989).

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 page 17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2611889