Laximicracis-a new genus of Afrotropical Micracidini beetles (Coleoptera Scolytinae) Author Jordal, Bjarte text Zootaxa 2021 2021-04-30 4966 1 91 96 journal article 6487 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.1.10 ad638f80-6074-4f35-8ab9-a0a4d3c0223b 1175-5326 4729346 9B79CD8B-B339-410C-8E2A-7807E25ED64D Laximicracis dubia (Schedl, 1950) ( Figs 5, 8, 11 ) Miocryphalus dubius Schedl, 1950 (original spelling) Afromicracis dubia (Schedl, 1950) Afromicracis angolensis Schedl, 1962 (synonym by Jordal, 2021 ) Type material examined. Holotype , male? D. O.Afrika , Schinjanya P.N. [leg.] ( NHMW ) . Holotype of A. angolensis : Angola , Lunda , Nova Chavez , 1949 ( NHMW ). Diagnosis, male? Length 2.0– 2.5 mm , 2.6–2.7 × as long as wide, colour black. Frons concave, with coarse short erect setae in most of the impressed area; antennal funicle 5-segmented, club elongated, drop-shaped, suturefree, about 1.4–1.6 × long as wide; eyes separated above by 1.6 × their width. Pronotum descending from posterior fourth, asperities small, increasing in size towards anterior margin, with two pronounced and closely set small tubercles along anterior margin; vestiture of short spatulate setae. Elytral interstriae with uniseriate rows of spatulate setae; strial setae fine, short, erect. Protibiae with three or four denticles in oblique row along apical margin. Distribution. Angola , Tanzania , Zambia (new country). New record: Zambia , Ndole Bay , Lake Tanganyika [GIS: -8.483 , 30.452 ], 23.11. 2012 , 800 m alt., light trap , R. Smith , H. Takano , BMNH€2013-71 1432737 (1, NHMUK ) ; Angola , Senis., NE Negola [ 1500 m alt., GIS: -14.13, 14.50], 25.iii.1972 , Southern African exp. B.M. 1972-I (1, NMNUK ). Remarks. This species has the same main structure of the antennae and frons compared to male L. latipes . The two types are therefore inferred to be male with some uncertainty. Although the protibiae are narrower and intermediate between this genus and Afromicracis , it has long spatulate setae on the legs, and a gradually curved pronotum with small asperities, further supporting inclusion in Laximicracis . Only four specimens have been collected, from four different localities across the green dry belt from Angola to Tanzania . This species and L. latipes were both collected by light trap, in dry forest and thicket patches.