Afromicracis elongatula ( Schedl, 1977 )

Jordal, Bjarte, 2021, Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae), Zootaxa 4981 (1), pp. 70-88 : 79

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 .