Afromicracis kenyaensis Schedl, 1959

Jordal, Bjarte, 2021, Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae), Zootaxa 4981 (1), pp. 70-88 : 82

Afromicracis kenyaensis Schedl, 1959

( Figs 30, 33, 37 )

Type material. Holotype, female? Kenya, Kampi ya Moto [GIS: -0.12, 35.95], 31.xii.1956, J.C.M. Gardner, leg. ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis. Length 1.5–1.6 mm, 2.6–2.7 × as long as wide. Frons (sex?) lightly impressed, reticulate above, shiny below, with dense brush of setae along epistoma; antennal scapus with dense tuft setae which are as long as scapus (male?) or slightly longer on a slightly thicker apical part of scapus (female?). Pronotum with sharp, almost contiguous, asperities on anterior half, not concentric; vestiture on posterior half of pronotum consisting of forward pointing bristle-like setae, just behind summit forming a transverse band of less disorganised setae; interstrial setae short, densely set, spatulate; protibia with three apical denticles.

Remarks. Material was not available for dissection or DNA extraction. All specimens have dense setae on the scapus, differences in setae length may indicate sexual differences. The shape of the protibiae, metatibiae, antennal funiculus, club, and general habitus are typical for the genus.

Figures

FIGURES 28–37. Dorsal lateral and front view of Afromicracis ghanaensis holotype (28, 31, 34), Afromicracis densisetosa male allotype (29, 32, 36) and female holotype (35), and Afromicracis kenyaensis holotype (30, 33, 37).