The strongly dimorphic bark beetle genus Pseudomicracis (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) in Madagascar-an integrated taxonomic revision Author Jordal, Bjarte H. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-04-11 5125 3 325 343 journal article 56069 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.3.5 da274829-479f-4ea1-8f2e-1e598de786b8 1175-5326 6443876 4645A035-17E6-488C-8F10-DA66E146487D Pseudomicracis difficilis ( Schedl, 1965 ) ( Figs 13, 16, 19 ) Micracis difficilis Schedl, 1965: 64 Type material. Holotype , female, and allotype , male: Madagascar , Perinet, 16.xi,1952, im flug, K.E. Schedl [ NHMW ]. FIGURES 2–10. Dorsal, lateral and front view of Pseudomicracis verrucosa male holotype (2, 5, 8); Pseudomicracis coronata male holotype (3, 6, 9), and female allotype (4, 7, 10). Diagnosis. Length 1.5–1.7 mm ; female frons flat, smooth, shiny, with scant setae; scapus triangular to slightly falcate, with small dorsal tuft of setae; eyes separated above by 2.5–2.7 × their width; pronotal and elytral disc smooth and shiny; interstriae with rows of erect and narrowly spatulate setae mainly restricted to declivity. Distribution and biology. Madagascar . Breeds under bark of very dry Cryptocarya branches. One brood was recorded, consisting of seven pupae and one adult specimen. New records. Madagascar , Fianarantsoa , Ranomafana National Park , ex Cryptocarya branch, 5. October 2012 , B. Jordal , leg. [ 2 specimens , ZMUB ] . Remarks. Rather similar to males of P. vitrioculata sp. nov. , but is clearly distinguished from the latter by the much smaller eyes.