Afromicracis natalensis ( Eggers, 1936 )

Jordal, Bjarte, 2021, Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae), Zootaxa 4981 (1), pp. 70-88 : 85-86

Afromicracis natalensis ( Eggers, 1936)

( Figs 48, 50, 53 )

Stephanoderes natalensis Eggers, 1936 (original spelling)

Miocryphalus natalensis ( Eggers, 1936) (combination by Schedl 1939)

Type material. Type, sex? South Africa, Natal , 4000 ft, Nov. 1892, GAK Marshall ( NHMUK). One additional specimen in NHMW, uncertain status .

Diagnosis. Length 1.4 mm, 2.6 × as long as wide, colour dark reddish brown to black. Frons concave on central half, with a pair of longitudinal sharp carinae near antennal insertion; antennal scapus slightly dilated with tiny tuft of 4–6 short dorsal setae, club pilose. Pronotum slightly hunchbacked, summit at middle, steeply descending on anterior half with rough asperities; pronotal vestiture of mixed fine and long hair-like setae and spatulate setae; elytral interstriae with regular or slightly irregular row of spatulate setae, becoming more hair-like near lateral margins; strial setae short, fine, semi-erect.

Distribution. South Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 47–53. Dorsal lateral and front view of Afromicracis depilata male holotype (47, 49, 51) and female allotype (52), and Afromicracis natalensis holotype (48, 50, 53).