An integrated taxonomic revision of Ctonoxylon (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) reveals new Malagasy species originating from multiple recent colonisations of the island Author Jordal, Bjarte H. 0000-0001-6082-443X Department of Natural History, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen, P. O. 7800, NO- 5020 Bergen, Norway text ZooKeys 2024 2024-05-28 1203 95 130 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.1203.123757 6FE93D4B-8104-45F4-850A-C1B78CA10A9D Ctonoxylon hirtellum Schedl Figs 12 , 15 , 18 Ctonoxylon hirtellum Schedl, 1971: 9 . Type material. Holotype , male: Congo Belge [ Democratic Republic of the Congo ], Yangambi , 2. VII. 1952 , K. E. Schedl leg. [ NHMW ]. Diagnosis. Length 1.5 mm , 2.1 × as long as wide, colour pale brown. Eye parts closely separated (by scapus thickness); pronotal eye scraper weakly developed, faint carina near anterior lateral margin from scraper to coxa, without associated groove or propleural pit; scutellar shield at same level as elytra; elytral striae impressed, punctures slightly elongated, separated by 2–3 × their diameter; elytral vestiture consisting of long hairlike setae separated within rows by a little less than their length; elytral apex slightly extended with sharp tubercles along the posterior margin. Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo . Biology. Nothing known except collected in a tropical lowland rainforest.