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 vitrioculata Jordal , sp. nov. ( Figs 20, 23, 26 ) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DCA1B970-91F7-45EA-8504-C3B3C5253361 Type material. Holotype , male: Madagascar , Fianarantsoa , Ranomafana National Park , ex Cryptocarya branch, 28. September 2012 , B. Jordal , leg. Paratype (1): same data as holotype. Holo- and paratype are deposited in ZMUB . Diagnosis. Eyes large, glassy, separated above by 1.2–1.3 × their width; male interstriae 1 and 7–9 with confused rows of truncated setae on (or near) declivity. Description, male. Length 1.2–1.3 mm , 2.7–2.8 × as long as wide; color yellowish to reddish brown (not fully mature). Frons flat, smooth, nearly glabrous; antennal scapus short, rounded, tuft of setae shorter than length of club; club with two strongly procurved sutures, basal segment shiny. Eyes glassy, large, separated above by 1.2–1.3 × their width. Pronotum asperate on anterior half, asperities scattered and small near anterior margin. Elytral interstriae 2–6, mainly on declivity, with uniseriate rows of truncated setae, interstriae 1 and in part 7–9 with multiple confused rows; surface smooth on disc, finely granulated on declivity. Protibiae with one lateral and two apical tiny denticles. Etymology. Composed by the feminine nominative adjective oculata , meaning possession of eyes, and the genitive form of vitrium , meaning glass, referring to the large and bright eyes of this species. Distribution and biology. Madagascar . Only known from the type locality, breeding in the bark of a Cryptocarya branch, 3 cm in diameter.