Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae)
Author
Jordal, Bjarte
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-03
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Afromicracis elongatula
(
Schedl, 1977
)
Dendrochilus elongatulus
Schedl, 1977
(original spelling)
Type material.
Holotype
, sex?:
Ghana
,
Ashanti region
,
Kwadaso
,
259 m
, N6 degrees 42’, W1 degree 39’ [6.66, -1.65] (
HNHM
)—not located.
Diagnosis (transcribed).
Length
1.6 mm
, 2.8 × as long as wide. Frons broadly concave, finely punctulate with minute fine setae. Pronotum about 1.1 × as long as wide, summit at middle, gently curved, anterior half with small scale-like setae (and asperities?), posterior half densely punctulate, punctures fine, setae few, hair-like. Elytra only slightly broader than pronotum, elytral disc shiny, punctures faint, interstriae with erect setae.
Remarks.
It has not been possible to locate the
type
specimen. It is not present in Budapest (HNHM) where it was deposited according to the description, neither was it found in NHMW. Schedl suggested a close relationship to
A. setifera
. Both species have fine setae on posterior half of the pronotum. However, the broadly concave
type
of frons is only known from male
A. concava
and
A. longa
, and the gently rounded pronotum, which is as wide as long, could also indicate (together with the concave frons) a potential affinity to
Laximicracis
Jordal, 2021
.