taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F88786FFB91F433599FF4AA5C39D0F.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Afromicracis kenyaensis Schedl, 1959 (original designation).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB91F433599FF4AA5C39D0F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Antennal scapus in both sexes straight, as long as or slightly longer than funiculus, slightly dilated at apex, as broad as pedicel; females in some species with a fine tuft of scant long setae, otherwise with few short setae; funiculus (including pedicel) 5 - segmented; club on anterior face usually with one procurved suture close to apex, smooth and suture-free on posterior face. Elytra with scale-like or hair-like setae, a single row on each interstriae; strial setae minute or absent. Procoxae contiguous. Protibiae twisted, with 2 or 3, (rarely 4 or 5) lateral and apical denticles. Metatibiae with three lateral and apical denticles. Ventral setae simple, unifid. Proventriculus with a cluster of 3 – 10 strong crop spines attached to a tubercular base in front of the apical plate; apical teeth transverse or lightly curved, finely dentate; masticatory teeth smooth, closing teeth free, not compact. Male genitalia with a long flagellum, sometimes straight and broad, sometimes very long and coiled; tegmen difficult to assess, either reduced or absent, apophyses more than twice as long as aedeagal body; spiculum gastrale about as long as or slightly shorter than aedeagus (Figs 56 – 57).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB91F433599FF4AA5C39D0F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Gender feminine as outlined by Alonso Zarazaga and Lyal (2009). In the key to species, be aware that morphological differences can be subtle and specimens which are badly preserved or otherwise slightly deviant from type material should be tried in alternative directions in the key and compared to photos (Figs 2 – 53). Also note that sexual dimorphism varies from no dimorphism at all, to moderate differences in the apical width of the scapus and the density and length of setae on its dorsal side, and in the presence of impressed frons. Only a single holotype or very few specimens from the type series are available for study in some species, possibly only of one sex; additional variation could therefore appear in new samples.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F433599FCF2A3A398EB.taxon	description	(Figs 2, 5, 8, 54) Dendrochilus robustus Schedl, 1957 (original spelling) = Dendrochilus arundinarius Schedl, 1957 (synonym by Jordal 2021 b)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F433599FCF2A3A398EB.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, sex? Congo, Hembe-Bitale, 14. VIII. 1952, Dr Schedl (RMCA); allotype and paratypes (2) same data as HT (NHMW). Holotype of D. arundinarius: Congo, Mt. Kahuzi, 22. VIII. 1952, Dr Schedl (RMCA); paratypes (6), same data as holotype (NHMW). Holotype of D. filum: Congo, Kivu, Uvira, 20. VIII. 1952, KE Schedl (NHMW). Holotype and one paratype of H. bambusae: Congo, Kilindera (Ruwenzori), 2750 m (NHMUK).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F433599FCF2A3A398EB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Length 1.6 – 2.0 mm, 2.5 – 2.7 × as long as wide. Frons smooth, setae scant. Pronotum and elytra with hair-like setae, interstrial setae erect, in regular rows; strial setae barely visible. Protibiae narrow, with one lateral and two apical denticles.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F433599FCF2A3A398EB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Congo (eastern highlands), Tanzania. New records. Congo, Kalonge, Ruwenzori Massif, 2080 m [GIS: - 2.33, 28.74], 01.06.1953, J. M. Vrydagh (1, NHMUK); Congo, Ruwenzori Massif, Kyondo [GIS: 0.01, 29.41], ‘ 2141 ’, 24.07.1963, M. J. Celis (1, NHMUK). Tanzania, Morogoro province, Udzungwa Mountains [GIS: - 7.868, 36.844], 12. Nov. 2009, B. Jordal leg. (1, ZMUB).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F433599FCF2A3A398EB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Male and female are presumably identical in all external aspects. One dissected female had only few setae on the scapus and the frons was nearly glabrous. All records of this species are from the eastern highlands of Congo, in forests between 1000 and 2750 m altitude, and in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania at 1000 m. The species has been dissected from bamboo on two occasions and may therefore use these unusual host plants regularly, although other host plants may be preferred. The new record from Tanzania is based on a single specimen dissected from bark of a fallen tree branch. This is the first record east of the rift valley.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F443599F8D7A1049D46.taxon	description	(Figs 3, 6, 9)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F443599F8D7A1049D46.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, sex? South Africa, West Cape, Wilderness NP, Ebbe Flow [GIS: - 33.980, 22.613], ex thorny liana, 2. Nov. 2006, B. Jordal leg. Paratypes (12): same data as holotype. Holotype and five paratypes in SAMC, five paratypes in ZMUB, two in NHMW.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F443599F8D7A1049D46.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This is the only species in the genus with mixed shorter and longer hair-like to bristle-like interstrial setae and hair-like pronotal setae.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F443599F8D7A1049D46.taxon	description	Description, female. Length 1.2 – 1.5 mm, 2.2 – 2.5 × as long as wide; colour brown. Frons flattened, smooth on central half, finely granulated above, vestiture of scant recumbent setae. Eyes separated above by 2.5 – 2.7 × their width; antennal scapus with scant dorsal setae; club finely pilose, a fine procurved suture on apical third. Pronotum distinctly hunchbacked, anterior two-thirds with asperities, concentric rows in central area, asperities increasingly separated toward anterior margin, surface shiny; vestiture consisting of hair-like setae. Elytral striae not impressed, interstriae finely granulated on posterior half; vestiture consisting of erect hair-like or bristle-like setae in uniseriate rows, setae near lateral margins longer; strial setae fine, short, recumbent. Ventrites. Vestiture on meso- and metaventrites consisting of long, unifid setae, each longer than scapus. Legs. Protibiae with three socketed denticles at lateral and apical margins. Male. Externally similar to female in all aspects.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F443599F8D7A1049D46.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is a Latin feminine nominal adjective, meaning long-haired, referring to the rather long and thin interstrial setae, particularly near lateral margin, compared to other species in the genus.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB81F443599F8D7A1049D46.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. South Africa. Only known from the type locality in the Western Cape province where it was dissected from a dry thorny liana and from a twig of Scolopia (Salicaceae). One male and one female at the early stage of colonization cut transverse tunnels under bark. Three early broods were located, consisting of 5, 8, and 11 eggs.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBF1F443599FC3BA1A1996A.taxon	description	(Figs 4, 7, 10, 11)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBF1F443599FC3BA1A1996A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, female: Tanzania [Morogoro province], Udzungwa Mountains near Mang’ula, 3 - rivers, 1000 m [GIS: - 7.868, 36.844], 12. Nov. 2009, B. Jordal, leg. Allotype and paratypes (10): same data as holotype. Holotype, allotype and seven paratypes in ZMUB, two paratypes in NHMW.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBF1F443599FC3BA1A1996A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Plump species with abrupt transition from elytral disc to a long sloping declivity; declivity with interstrial rows of small granules; elytral vestiture hair-like; protibiae unusually narrow, with two tiny denticles on posterior face near apex, mucro very large and curved laterally; antennal scapus in females apically broader than pedicel.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBF1F443599FC3BA1A1996A.taxon	description	Description, female. Length 1.8 – 2.0 mm, 2.5 – 2.6 × as long as wide; colour light brown. Frons convex and punctulate above, flattened and smooth on lower central half, vestiture of fine recumbent setae directed inwards. Eyes separated above by 2.4 – 2.5 × their width; antennal scapus at apex slightly broader than pedicel, with scant dorsal setae; club finely pilose, with one procurved suture on apical third. Pronotum with asperities on anterior half, separated on average by their size, more spaced near anterior margin; surface shiny, punctures obscure; vestiture consisting of hair-like setae. Elytral striae not impressed, interstriae finely granulate on declivity; vestiture consisting of erect hair-like setae in uniseriate interstrial rows, and microscopic strial setae. Ventrites. Vestiture on meso- and metaventrites consisting of long, unifid setae, each twice as long as interstrial setae. Legs. Protibiae very narrow, with two tiny socketed denticles at lateral and apical margin, mucro enlarged, curved laterally. Male. Similar to female in most external aspects except shorter, 1.6 – 1.7 mm long, and stouter, 2.3 × as long as wide; frons glabrous on lower central half, antennal scapus not broader than pedicel.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBF1F443599FC3BA1A1996A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is a Latin feminine nominative adjective meaning thick or chubby, referring to the unusually thick body, especially metathorax, abdomen and elytra of males.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBF1F443599FC3BA1A1996A.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. Tanzania. Dissected from a fallen branch 4 cm in diameter. Broods were large, with 38, 40, 45 and 48 teneral adults in four families, but the parental structure was not clear. It was taken together with a single specimen of A. robusta.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F453599FF02A2B69D0A.taxon	description	(Figs 12, 15, 18) Dendrochilus jasminiae Schedl, 1957 (original spelling)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F453599FF02A2B69D0A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, sex? Congo, Kivu, Mt. Kahuzi [GIS: - 2.30, 28.71], 2240 m (RMCA). Paratype (1): Congo, Yangambi (NHMW).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F453599FF02A2B69D0A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis, sex? Length 1.7 mm, 2.6 × as long as wide. Frons smooth, slightly concave near epistoma, setae scant; antennal scapus with few dorsal setae; antennal club as long as broad, one procurved suture strongly marked on apical third; eyes separated above by 2.5 × their width. Pronotal asperities close but not contiguous, setae on anterior half hair- or bristle-like, on posterior half spatulate. Elytra with uniseriate rows of spatulate setae on each interstriae, some setae truncated, on declivity closer than on disc, separated by their length or slightly more; strial setae barely visible. Protibiae narrow, with one lateral and three apical denticles.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F453599FF02A2B69D0A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Examination of the entire type series revealed sufficient differences between this species and the next, A. mikaniae. In A. jasminae the interstrial setae are broader and partly truncated (vs bristle-like), separated by 2 – 3 × their length (vs. separated by less than their length) and located in uniseriate rows throughout (vs confused on lower declivity). A paratype of this species at NHMW are likely not the same species, having a more gently sloping declivity and was from the Congo basin (Yangambi).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F453599FCF4A1C49BAC.taxon	description	(Figs 13, 16, 19) Dendrochilus mikaniae Schedl, 1957 (original spelling)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F453599FCF4A1C49BAC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, female: Congo, Kivu, Mt. Kahuzi [GIS: - 2.30, 28.71], 2240 m (RMCA). Paratypes (6): same data as HT (NHMW).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F453599FCF4A1C49BAC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Length 1.5 mm, 2.4 × as long as wide. Female frons with fine recumbent setae directed inwards, antennal scapus with small tuft of dorsal setae, club glabrous on basal two-thirds, with distinct procurved suture an apical third; eyes separated above by 2.5 × their width. Pronotum with asperities separated except contiguous on summit; vestiture on pronotum hair- and bristle-like from anterior to posterior margins. Elytral interstria with densely set, bristle-like setae, slightly confused near elytral apex; strial setae minute, mainly on declivity; protibia with one lateral and two apical denticles.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F453599FCF4A1C49BAC.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was recently included as a synonym of A. jasminiae but can be distinguished by the more densely set and lightly confused interstrial setae on the declivity, and the finer setae on posterior half of the pronotum. Genetic data are needed to confirm morphological divergence between the two putatively synonymous species (Jordal 2021 b).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F483599FA6EA4D59F93.taxon	description	(Figs 14, 17, 20, 54) Mimips setifer Schedl, 1957 (original spelling) Mimiocurus setifer (Schedl, 1957) (combination by Wood 1984)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F483599FA6EA4D59F93.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Lectotype, sex?: [Tanzania] Tanganyika, Lushoto [GIS: - 4.77, 38.31], 15. X. 1955, JCM Gardner (NHMW). Paratype (1): same data as HT (NHMW).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F483599FA6EA4D59F93.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Length 1.2 – 1.5 mm, 2.4 – 2.6 × as long as wide. Frons flattened, smooth, shiny and impunctate on lower central half, sharply granulated above, with scant, short setae; eyes separated above by 3 × their width; antennal club glabrous and shiny on basal three-fourth, with one procurved suture near apical margin. Pronotal asperities on anterior half mainly separated, subcontiguous at summit; vestiture hairlike. Elytral striae not impressed, interstriae with spatulate and partly truncated setae spaced by their length, strial setae minute. Protibiae with three lateral and apical denticles. Ventral setae several times longer than elytral setae.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F483599FA6EA4D59F93.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Congo (new country), Tanzania. New records. Tanzania, Morogoro province, Uluguru Mts., Tchenzema vill. S 07 ° 06 ’ 44 ’’, E 037 ° 36 ’ 16 ’’ [- 7.10, 37.61], 13. xi. 2010, 2258 m, sifting 14, V. Grebennikov, leg. (1, ZMUB); Congo, Massif Ruwenzori, Kirivata (Migeri) [GIS: 0.26, 29.79], 1760 m, 20. iv. 1953, P. Vanschuyetbroeck & J. Kekenbosch (RMCA).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFBE1F483599FA6EA4D59F93.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Additional specimens to the holotype were collected in the Uluguru mountains in Tanzania, and Congo west of the Ruwenzori, both between 1700 and 2300 m altitude. The record from Congo is a new country record. The type locality in the Usambara mountains is situated at 1500 m altitude. Schedl (1977) reported this species, subsequent to his original description, as Dendrochilus setifer and the type is also located together with Dendrochilus (sensu Schedl) in the NHMW collection. This species is very similar to A. jasminae but is clearly differentiated by the sharp granules on the upper frons. A more complete sampling of males and females from A. mikaniae, A. jasminae and A. setifera is needed to confirm species status for this complex.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F483599FE4FA2E3984B.taxon	description	(Figs 21, 23, 25, 26, 54, 57)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F483599FE4FA2E3984B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype male: Cameroon, SW Province, [Mt. Cameroon] Mann Spring, 2000 m [GIS: 4.129, 9.134], ex Vernonia branch, 26. Nov. 2007, B. Jordal leg. Allotype and paratypes (6): same data as HT. Holotype, allotype and four paratypes in ZMUB, two paratypes in NHMW.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F483599FE4FA2E3984B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male frons strongly concave, smooth without punctures and setae. Protibiae slightly widened at apicolateral corner, with 3 – 5 socketed denticles.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F483599FE4FA2E3984B.taxon	description	Description, male. Length 1.5 – 1.8 mm, 2.5 – 2.6 × as long as wide. Colour reddish brown. Frons concave, smooth, impunctate, glabrous, upper median part with transverse carina, laterally with acute nodules just above eyes; antennal scapus with few setae; club with dense setae at margins at basal fourth, and one complete suture marked by setae on apical fourth. Pronotum trapezoid, with asperities on anterior half separated by half their size, subcontiguous near summit; cuticle on posterior half rugose; vestiture consisting of hair-like setae between asperities, spatulate setae on posterior half. Elytral striae not impressed, interstriae smooth, with uniseriate rows of spatulate setae spaced by their length; strial setae minute, shorter than distance between them. Ventrites. Setae on meso- and metaventrites long, unifid, each 2 – 4 × longer than interstrial setae. Legs. Protibiae narrow, lateral margin slightly expanded near apex, with 3 – 5 denticles on lateral and apical margin. Genitalia. Apophyses twice as long as penis, dorsoventrally strongly curved; flagellum long and thin, coiled; tegmen missing, a V-shaped hollow structure along apophyses possibly associated with flagellum coil. Spiculum gastrale as long as aedeagus, with small fork.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F483599FE4FA2E3984B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is a feminine nominative adjective meaning hollow or concave, referring to the strongly impressed male frons — a highly unusual feature in male micracidines.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F483599FE4FA2E3984B.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. Only known from the type locality at Mann Spring, Mount Cameroon. Specimens were dissected from a variety of unusual host plants in different plant orders, including a Hypericum tree (Hypericaceae), and from lignified herbs of Vernonia (Asteraceae), Solanecio mannii (Asteraceae) and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae). They fed on the bark or cortex of the first three hosts. In Plectranthus the beetles were found in the woody roots pulled out from the soil. In Vernonia both adults and larvae excavated longitudinal tunnels between fibres just beneath the cortex. Dead plants were apparently colonized by females although maturation feeding cannot be ruled out. In other samples, a male with one female were later joined by additional females; usually a total of three or four females were present in one harem. The second female joined approximately after the first female laid 10 eggs. Broods per female ranged between 23 – 39 (average 31, n = 8).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F493599F937A36A9EE2.taxon	description	(Figs 22, 24, 27)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F493599F937A36A9EE2.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, sex? [Ethiopia] Abyssinia, Maraquo, Kovacs [leg.] 1912 (HNHM).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F493599F937A36A9EE2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Length 2.0 mm, 2.8 × as long as wide. Frons (male?) deeply concave, upper lateral margins acutely pointed; impressed area lightly rugose, with few coarse setae, a pair of small tubercles near epistoma; eyes separated above by 2.7 × their width.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB31F493599F937A36A9EE2.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Only the holotype is known and was collected in an unspecified locality in Ethiopia named ‘ Maraquo’ (likely Mareko, south of Addis). This is one of two species with strongly concave frons, presumably male as in A. concava. It is distinguished from that species by the rough frons, more elongated shape of the body, and the broadly rounded anterior and posterior margins of the body.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FED6A5579D4A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, sex?: Ghana, Ashanti region, Kwadaso, 259 m, N 6 degrees 42 ’, W 1 degree 39 ’ [6.66, - 1.65] (HNHM) — not located.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FED6A5579D4A.taxon	diagnosis	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.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FED6A5579D4A.taxon	discussion	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.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FC00A5269840.taxon	description	(Figs 28, 31, 34)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FC00A5269840.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, sex? Ghana, Kumasi [GIS: 6.68, - 1.57], 26. x. 1961, F. G. Browne, leg. Paratype (1): Same data as HT, except 2. xi. 1961. Holotype in NHMW, paratype in NHMUK.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FC00A5269840.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pronotal asperities small and sharp, separated by their size; strial setae as long as distance between them, or slightly longer; ventral setae not longer than interstrial setae.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FC00A5269840.taxon	description	Description female. Length 1.4 – 1.5 mm, 2.6 × as long as wide. Colour brown. Frons broadly, lightly impressed, smooth and shiny with short, fine, erect setae; a pair of narrowly separated, tiny tubercles near upper level of eyes; scapus with scant setae; club with a fine procurved suture near apical margin. Eyes separated above by 1.5 – 1.7 × their width. Pronotum with small sharp asperities on anterior half, each tubercle separated by their size, posterior half smooth and shiny; vestiture consisting of mixed hair-like and spatulate setae. Elytral striae not impressed, interstriae weakly rugose. Vestiture consisting of long recumbent strial setae, length of each as long as or longer than their separation, and densely placed spatulate or truncated broad setae in rows on each interstria. Legs. Protibiae with one lateral and two apical denticles. Ventrites. Vestiture of short, scattered setae, about as long as interstrial setae.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FC00A5269840.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the country of the type locality. The name was suggested by Schedl as written on a label in NHMW, but a species description or diagnosis has not been published.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F493599FC00A5269840.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology and distribution. Known from two collection events in the same suburban site in Kumasi, Ghana.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F4B3599F90AA36D999B.taxon	description	(Figs 29, 32, 35, 36, 55, 56)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F4B3599F90AA36D999B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, female: Tanzania, Morogoro prov., Sanje [GIS - 7.775, 36.882], ex Parinari excelsa, 3. July 2010, B. Jordal, leg. Allotype and paratypes (8): same data as HT. Holotype and six paratypes in ZMUB, two paratypes in NHMW.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F4B3599F90AA36D999B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pronotal asperities broad and subcontiguous, almost in concentric rows; elytral setae on interstriae long and spatulate, separated by less than their length; strial setae as long as or longer than distance between setae; female frons narrowly concave on central one-third below upper level of eyes.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F4B3599F90AA36D999B.taxon	description	Description, female. Length 1.2 – 1.5 mm, 2.4 – 2.5 × as long as wide. Colour brown. Frons finely granulated, narrowly concave on central one-third below a fine transverse carina at upper level of eyes; vestiture consisting of short fine setae, longer on epistoma. Antennal scapus apically as broad as pedicel, with about 20 short setae; club with one procurved suture near apical margin. Eyes separated above by 2.9 – 3.1 × their width. Pronotum with broad subcontiguous asperities on anterior half, lightly rugose and shiny on posterior half; vestiture consisting of mixed hair- and bristle-like setae. Elytral striae not impressed, recumbent strial setae as long or longer than distance between them; interstrial setae spatulate, separated by less than their length. Legs. Protibiae with one lateral and two apical denticles. Ventrites. Vestiture consisting of very long, soft setae. Male. Similar to females in all external aspects except fewer setae on the scapus, and the convex frons has a small median tubercle near epistoma.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F4B3599F90AA36D999B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is composed by the stem of the Latin nominative adjective densus, meaning dense or close, the connecting vowel - i, and the Latin nominative feminine adjective setosa, meaning hairy, referring to the densely set, coarse interstrial setae.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB21F4B3599F90AA36D999B.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. Only known from the type locality where specimens were dissected from the bark of Parinari branches 5 cm in diameter (Chrysobalanaceae).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FD52A1B39827.taxon	description	(Figs 38, 41, 44)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FD52A1B39827.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, female: South Africa, East Cape, Hogsback [GIS: - 32.597, 26.961], ex Indigofera, 16. Nov. 2006, B. Jordal, leg. Paratype (1): same data as HT. Holotype deposited in SAMC, paratype in ZMUB.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FD52A1B39827.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Asperities on pronotum increasingly scattered towards anterior margin; elytra lightly rugose; interstrial setae very short, as long as broad; female scapus with tiny tuft of setae on its dorsal side.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FD52A1B39827.taxon	description	Description, female. Length 1.0 – 1.2 mm, 2.2 – 2.4 × as long as wide. Colour dark reddish brown. Frons flat, smooth and impunctate just above epistoma, finely granulated above. Antennal scapus apically as broad as pedicel, with fine tuft of setae; club pilose, a procurved suture obscurely marked near apical margin. Eyes separated above by 2.5 – 2.7 × their width. Pronotum shiny, with asperities on anterior third increasingly separated, subcontiguous near summit to 3 – 4 × their size near anterior margin; vestiture consisting of bristle-like setae with tiny hair-like setae in between. Elytral striae not impressed, interstriae finely rugose. Interstrial setae short, not longer than broad, truncated on declivity; strial setae minute, not much longer than diameter of a puncture. Legs. Protibiae with one lateral and one or two apical small denticles. Ventrites. Vestiture consisting of long fine setae, slightly shorter on ventrite 1. Male. Similar to female, except frons more coarsely granulated, scapus with a few short setae.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FD52A1B39827.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name is composed of the stem of the Latin nominal adjective brevis, meaning short, the connecting vowel - i, and the nominative feminine adjective pilosa, meaning hairy, referring to the short and well separated setae on the elytra.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FD52A1B39827.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. Only known from the type locality in Hogsback, South Africa. Two females were initiating new galleries in a dead branch of a standing Indigofera bush (Fabaceae).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FD52A1B39827.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Two males were extracted for DNA and not available as paratypes. This was before the fine details between the sexes were noted.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FF02A31D9C9B.taxon	description	(Figs 30, 33, 37)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FF02A31D9C9B.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, female? Kenya, Kampi ya Moto [GIS: - 0.12, 35.95], 31. xii. 1956, J. C. M. Gardner, leg. (NHMUK).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FF02A31D9C9B.taxon	diagnosis	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.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4C3599FF02A31D9C9B.taxon	discussion	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.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4E3599F916A27499B3.taxon	description	(Figs 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4E3599F916A27499B3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, female: [Congo] Congostaat, Kivu, Lacs Mokoto [GIS: - 1.221, 29.018] (RMCA); paratype (1): Congo, Kivu, Kahunda [GIS: - 1.50, 28.90], VIII- 1937, J. Ghesquiere (NMW).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4E3599F916A27499B3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Length 1.1 – 1.4 mm, 2.2 – 2.3 × as long as wide; frons smooth and finely punctulate, with fine short setae; antennal scapus with fine tuft of setae as long as the scapus; antennal club corneous, with one distinct procurved suture near apical margin; pronotal asperities broad, subcontiguous, in concentric rows near summit; elytral setae narrowly spatulate; protibiae with one lateral and two apical denticles.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4E3599F916A27499B3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania. New record: Cameroon, SW province, Limbe, Ekande, 1000 m, [GIS: 4.081, 9.172], ex Symphonia globulifera, 20. Nov. 2007, B. Jordal, leg.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB71F4E3599F916A27499B3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Specimens collected in Cameroon are slightly shinier and interstrial setae are slightly more separated compared to the paratype collected in Eastern part of Congo, although these features vary within the Cameroon collection site. The holotype is intermediate between the two depicted specimens (Figs 39 – 40). One host plant is previously reported, Guarea laurentii (Meliaceae), and the new record from Symphonia globulifera involves a new host family (Clusiaceae) for this species. In Cameroon, pairs of one male and one female were dissected from young galleries in twigs and thin branches.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F4F3599FF02A1C79DEC.taxon	description	(Figs 47, 49, 51, 52)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F4F3599FF02A1C79DEC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype, male: Uganda, Fort portal, Kibale Forest Reserve [GIS: 0.562, 30.358], 1100 m, 23. June. 1998, ex Neoboutonia [petiole], B. Jordal, leg. Allotype and paratype: same data as HT. Holotype and allotype in ZMUB, one paratype in NHMW.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F4F3599FF02A1C79DEC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body black and shiny; pronotum in males with four projecting teeth along the anterior margin, pronotal vestiture hair-like; elytral vestiture consisting of rows of sparse and very short bristle-like setae, appearing nearly glabrous.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F4F3599FF02A1C79DEC.taxon	description	Description, male. Length 1.2 – 1.3 mm, 2.3 – 2.4 × as long as broad. Colour black. Frons smooth, shiny and impunctate on lower central half, finely granulated elsewhere, vestiture scant. Scapus nearly glabrous; antennal club with basal two-thirds corneous, with one distinct procurved suture on apical third. Eyes separated above by 2.7 – 3.1 × their width. Pronotum narrowly rounded in front, with four projecting raised teeth along anterior margin, on anterior two-thirds with coarse subcontiguous asperities; vestiture hair-like. Elytral striae not impressed, interstriae smooth and shiny, punctures faint, vestiture consisting of very short bristle-like setae separated by 3 – 5 × their length. Legs. Protibiae narrow, with one lateral and two apical small denticles. Ventrites. Ventral setae fine and long, rather scant. Female identical to male except pronotum less projecting, without strongly raised teeth along anterior margin, scapus with a fine tuft of 8 – 10 short setae on its dorsal side, and median half of the frons with about 20 medium long setae.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F4F3599FF02A1C79DEC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is a Latin feminine participle meaning plucked or depilated, referring to the small and sparse setae on the elytra of this species, appearing almost glabrous at low magnification.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F4F3599FF02A1C79DEC.taxon	distribution	Distribution and biology. Only known from the type locality where it was feeding on fallen petioles of Neoboutonia (Euphorbiaceae).	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F503599F978A1A19F93.taxon	description	(Figs 48, 50, 53)	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F503599F978A1A19F93.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Type, sex? South Africa, Natal, 4000 ft, Nov. 1892, GAK Marshall (NHMUK). One additional specimen in NHMW, uncertain status.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F503599F978A1A19F93.taxon	diagnosis	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.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
03F88786FFB41F503599F978A1A19F93.taxon	distribution	Distribution. South Africa.	en	Jordal, Bjarte (2021): Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4981 (1): 70-88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.3
