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1A70E641CA1B657DFF56E25CFB09FE1B.text	1A70E641CA1B657DFF56E25CFB09FE1B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neopimus Ozdikmen, Demir & Turkes 2008	<div><p>Neopimus Özdikmen, Demir &amp; Türkeş, 2008</p> <p>(Figs. 1–29)</p> <p>Pimus Fagel, 1961: 285.</p> <p>Neopimus Özdikmen, Demir &amp; Türkeş, 2008: 202 (replacement name).</p> <p>Type species: Neopimus tragardhi (Fagel, 1961).</p> <p>Redescription. Species of relatively small size, body length 2.8–3.5 mm.</p> <p>Head (Figs. 1, 2, 16, 20) not very large in relation to pronotum, about as wide as long; posterior margin slightly emarginated in dorsal view; neck wide, about 0.40–0.45 as wide as head across eyes; punctation variable, separated with relatively large interstices without microsculpture; pubescence inconspicuous, short, fine, and depressed. Eyes very large, strongly bulging; occupying nearly all of lateral portion of head, temples very short, about a seventh as long as eyes. Antenna (Figs. 1, 16, 20) relatively short, first two segments markedly enlarged, first segment elongate, second segment narrower and shorter than first segment, third segment markedly narrower than second segment, segment 4 shorter and slightly narrower than segment 3, segments 5–10 of gradually increasing width, segment 10 slightly longer than wide or about as long as wide. Gular sutures (Fig. 2) separated. Labrum (Fig. 4) transverse, bilobate with numerous long setae. Mandibles (Figs. 1, 2, 20) stout, apically acute, each with two teeth. Maxillary palpus (Fig. 4) 4-jointed; first segment slender, second segment distinctly longer and wider than first segment; third segment distinctly longer and wider than second segment; fourth segment very small, needleshaped. Labial palpus (Fig. 3) 3-jointed; first segment widened apically, second segment longer and wider than first segment, third segment very narrow and shorter than second segment. Labium (Fig. 3) transverse, anterior margin dentate medially, between median tooth and lateral margin with two setae on each side. Mentum markedly transverse (Fig. 3).</p> <p>Pronotum (Figs. 1, 16, 20) sub-trapezoid shaped, about as long as wide, slightly narrower than head, maximal width in anterior third, posteriorly narrowed; margins without long setae; punctation similar to that of head; microsculpture absent; pubescence inconspicuous, depressed.</p> <p>Elytra (Figs. 1, 16, 20) short; humeral angles more or less marked; posterior margin oblique; punctuation similar to that of pronotum or less dense; surface with sparse traces of microsculpture. Hind wings reduced. Legs slender, all tarsi 5-jointed; segments 1-5 of decreasing length, all segments unmodified; protarsi without sexual dimorphism.</p> <p>Abdomen (Figs. 1, 16, 20) widest at segment V, anterior segments very slightly impressed anteriorly; tergites finely and sparsely punctate. Tergite VII without white palisade fringe at posterior margin.</p> <p>Male: sternites VI, VII unmodified. Posterior margin of sternite VIII emarginated (Figs. 6, 19, 28). Aedeagus (Figs. 7–15, 17, 18, 21–27), with hardly visible parameres with shape of small, flat lobes appressed to surface near median foramen (Figs. 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22), internal structures sclerotized (Figs. 7–11, 21–23).</p> <p>Female: posterior margin of sternite VIII convex.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. In many external aspects, Neopimus resembles Neosclerus Cameron, 1924 which was redescribed by Assing (2011). This genus is distributed in the Oriental and southern East Palaearctic regions. Both genera share the following characters: very large eyes in combination with relatively wide neck, not dentate labrum and similarly shaped labial and maxillary palpi. Neopimus differs from Neosclerus by the different type of aedeagus without distinct ventral process (ventral process well developed in Neosclerus) and by different setation of the labium (four setae instead of about eleven in Neosclerus). There are also differences in the shape of mandibles (two teeth in Neopimus and three teeth in Neosclerus). However, this could represent infrageneric variability as this character was checked only in a few species of both genera.</p> <p>Geographical distribution. This genus is distributed in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces in South Africa (Fig. 29).</p> <p>Bionomics. The species belonging to this genus were usually collected in forest litter.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A70E641CA1B657DFF56E25CFB09FE1B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Janák, Jiří	Janák, Jiří (2019): Revision of the South African genus Neopimus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Zootaxa 4577 (2): 361-370, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.8
1A70E641CA18657BFF56E39BFB3BF85B.text	1A70E641CA18657BFF56E39BFB3BF85B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neopimus capensis Janák 2019	<div><p>Neopimus capensis sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 1–15, 29)</p> <p>Type locality. South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Mbotyi Forest.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype ♂: “ South Africa, Eastern Cape, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.733334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.45" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.733334/lat -31.45)">Mbotyi Forest</a>, 31°27′S, 29°44′E, 1-3.xii.2006, J. Janák leg. // forest litter, sifting // HOLOTYPUS Neopimus capensis sp. n., J. Janák det. 2014” (TMSA).</p> <p>Paratypes: same data as holotype, 15 ♂, 15 ♀ (1 ♂, 1 ♀ in TMSA, 14 ♂, 14 ♀ in JJRC); “ S. Afr., E Cape, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Mbotje forest</a>, 31.27 S – 29.43 E // 30.11.2003; E-Y: 3580, forest litter &amp; bark, leg. M. Burger, R. Müller ”, 23 spec. (17 spec. in TMSA, 6 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr: <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Ntsubane For. St.</a>, 31.27 S – 29.44 E // 25.11.1987; E-Y: 2537, fungi &amp; forest litter, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 4 ♂, 54 spec. (2 ♂, 43 spec. in TMSA, 2 ♂, 11 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr: <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Transkei</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Ntsubane For. St.</a>, 31.27 S – 29.44 E // 25.11.1988; E-Y: 2579, forest floor litter, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 20 spec. (16 spec. in TMSA, 4 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Transkei</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Ntsubane forest</a>, 31.27 S – 29.44 E // 1.12.1988; E-Y: 2593, forest floor litter, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 13 spec. (10 spec. in TMSA, 3 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Ntsubane forest</a>, 31.27 S – 29.44 E // 6.12.1988; E-Y: 2599, forest floor litter, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 7 spec. (5 spec. in TMSA, 2 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Transkei</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Ntsubane forest</a>, 31.27 S – 29.44 E // 25.11.1988; E-Y: 2580, ground traps, 14 days, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 1 spec. (TMSA); “ S. Afr., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Transkei</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Ntsubane forest</a>, 31.27 S – 29.44 E // 24.11.1988; E-Y: 2577, rotten Cussonia fruit, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 27 spec. (19 spec. in TMSA, 8 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr.: <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Transkei</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Silaka For. Reserve</a>, 31.33 S – 29.30 E // 24.11.1987; E-Y: 2533, indig. forest litter, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 4 ♂, 24 spec. (2 ♂, 19 spec. in TMSA, 2 ♂, 5 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Transkei</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Silaka For. Reserve</a>, 31.33 S – 29.30 E // 30.11.1988; E-Y: 2592, forest floor litter, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 2 ♂, 16 specimens (2 ♂, 12 spec. TMSA, 4 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr; Cape, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=29.43&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.27" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 29.43/lat -31.27)">Amatole</a>, Isidenge Forest St., 32.41 S – 27.15 E // 8.12.1987; E-Y: 2559, nett. &amp; Arum flowers, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 1 ♂ (TMSA); “ South Africa, Eastern Cape, Mbotyi NR, ind. forest; 80 m, 31°26.9´S; 29°44.1´E, 10.i.2018, P. Bulirsch lgt.”, 1 ♂ (JJRC). All with “ PARATYPUS Neopimus zulu sp. n., J. Janák det. 2014” or “ PARATYPUS Neopimus zulu sp. n., J. Janák det. 2018”.</p> <p>Description: Body length 2.8–3.5 mm (M = 3.1mm, HT = 3.4 mm), forebody length 1.7–1.8 mm (M = 1.7 mm, HT = 1.7 mm). Black to dark brown, abdomen brown, legs and antennae yellowish-brown (Fig. 1).</p> <p>Head (Figs. 1, 2) moderately convex, a third wider than long (W/L = 1.28–1.35, M = 1.31, HT = 1.28). Surface, except for small unpunctured middle area rugosely, moderately coarsely and very densely punctured, punctures slightly smaller as basal diameter of second antennal segment, surface with traces of microsculpture consisting of transverse mesh. Labrum (Fig. 4) medially emarginated, with short internal lobes. Antennae moderately short, segments 1–9 longer than wide, segment 1 about as long as than segments 2 and 3 combined, fifth segment longer than wide (L/W = 1.43–1.74, M = 1.56, HT = 1.56), tenth segment about as long as wide (L/W = 0.95–1.14, M = 1.04, HT = 1.11).</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 1) rounded trapezoidal, moderately convex, almost as long as wide (L/W = 0.95–0.98, M = 0.97, HT = 0.97) and markedly narrower than head (PW/HW = 0.82–0.84, M = 0.83, HT = 0.84). Sides markedly narrowed posteriorly. Surface, except for moderately wide unpunctured line rugosely, moderately coarsely and very densely punctured, slightly sparsely than on head, most interstices markedly smaller than diameter of punctures, surface with traces of microsculpture. Unpunctured line in narrowest part in middle of pronotum less than twice as wide as diameter of puncture.</p> <p>Elytra (Fig. 1) rounded trapezoidal, flattened on disc, almost about a quarter wider than long (R = 1.18–1.34, M = 1.28, HT = 1.24. Sides markedly widened behind.</p> <p>Abdomen (Fig. 1) slightly widened to segment VI, very finely and sparsely punctured. Interstices on tergite VII about 2–3 larger than diameter of punctures. Surface with very fine microsculpture consisting of transverse mesh.</p> <p>Male. Sternites III–VII without modifications, posterior margin of sternite VIII (Fig. 6) largely and markedly deeply triangularly emarginate. Aedeagus (Figs. 7–15) 0.55–0.69 mm (M = 0.59 mm, HT = 0.56 mm). Median lobe with apical process narrow in ventral view and not bent dorsally in lateral view.</p> <p>Female. Sternite VIII largely rounded posteriorly.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. N. capensis sp. nov. differs from N. zulu sp. nov. and N. tragardhi (Fagel, 1961) by the finely and densely punctured head and pronotum, and by the different shape of the aedeagus.</p> <p>Etymology. This species is named after the Province Eastern Cape, where the type locality is situated.</p> <p>Distribution. Neopimus capensis sp. nov. is currently recorded from Mbotyi, Ntsubane, Silaka and Isidenge Forests in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.</p> <p>Bionomics. All specimens have been found in siftings of forest litter in indigenous forest.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A70E641CA18657BFF56E39BFB3BF85B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Janák, Jiří	Janák, Jiří (2019): Revision of the South African genus Neopimus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Zootaxa 4577 (2): 361-370, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.8
1A70E641CA1F6579FF56E0A2FE4CFC13.text	1A70E641CA1F6579FF56E0A2FE4CFC13.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neopimus tragardhi (Fagel 1961)	<div><p>Neopimus tragardhi (Fagel, 1961)</p> <p>(Figs. 16–19, 29)</p> <p>Type locality. South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Sweet Waters.</p> <p>Pimus tragardhi Fagel, 1961: 286.</p> <p>Neopimus tragardhi; Özdikmen, Demir &amp; Türkeş, 2008: 202.</p> <p>Type locality. South Africa, Eastern Cape, Sweetwaters.</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype ♂: “Sweet-waters, 20.III.1905 // S. Afr. Natal, Ivar Trägårdh // G. Fagel det. 1959, Pimus Trägårdhi n. gen. n. sp. // HOLOTYPUS // MZLU, Type no. 3402: 1” (ZMLU).</p> <p>Redescription: Body length 3.3 mm, forebody length 1.8 mm. Brown, head black, legs and antennae yellowish-brown (Fig. 16).</p> <p>Head (Fig. 16) moderately convex, a quarter wider than long (W/L = 1.28). Surface, except for small unpunctured middle area rugosely, coarsely and densely punctured, punctures about as large as basal diameter of second antennal segment, surface without microsculpture. Labrum medially emarginated, with short internal lobes. Antennae moderately short, segments 1–9 longer than wide, segment 1 slightly longer than segments 2 and 3 combined, fifth segment longer than wide (L/W = 1.34), tenth segment about as long as wide (L/W = 1.00).</p> <p>Pronotum rounded trapezoid shaped, moderately convex, markedly transverse (L/W = 0.86) and markedly narrower than head (PW/HW = 0.86). Sides moderately narrowed posteriorly. Surface, except for relatively wide unpunctured line rugosely, coarsely and moderately densely punctured, slightly sparsely than on head, interstices on average slightly larger as punctures, surface without microsculpture. Unpunctured line in narrowest part in middle of pronotum except for small part near anterior margin about three times as wide as diameter of puncture.</p> <p>Elytra rounded trapezoidal, only slightly convex on disc, almost about a half wider than long (R = 1.31). Sides slightly convex widened behind.</p> <p>Abdomen slightly widened to segment VI, extremely finely and sparsely punctured. Interstices on tergite VII about 3–5 larger than diameter of punctures. Surface with very fine microsculpture consisting of transverse mesh.</p> <p>Male. Sternites III–VII without modifications, posterior margin of sternite VIII (Fig. 18) largely moderately deeply triangularly emarginate. Aedeagus (Figs. 17, 18) 0.52 mm long. Median lobe with apical process very wide in ventral view and markedly straight in lateral view.</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis N. tragardhi (Fagel, 1961) differs from N. capensis sp. nov. and N. zulu sp. nov. by the markedly transverse pronotum and also by the wider and shorter aedeagus.</p> <p>Distribution. N. tragardhi is currently recorded only from Sweet Waters in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.</p> <p>Note. Sweet Waters was visited by the author in January 2015. Unfortunately no specimens of Neopimus were collected. There are currently only small remnants of indigenous forest at this locality, apparently damaged by logging and cattle grazing.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A70E641CA1F6579FF56E0A2FE4CFC13	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Janák, Jiří	Janák, Jiří (2019): Revision of the South African genus Neopimus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Zootaxa 4577 (2): 361-370, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.8
1A70E641CA1C6577FF56E3D8FDFDFD33.text	1A70E641CA1C6577FF56E3D8FDFDFD33.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neopimus zulu Janák 2019	<div><p>Neopimus zulu sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 20–29)</p> <p>Type locality. South Africa, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.383333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.383333/lat -27.85)">Kwa-Zulu Province</a>, Ngomi Forest, 27°51′S, 31°23′E.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype ♂: “ South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ntedeka Wilderness Area, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.383333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.383333/lat -27.85)">Ngomi Forest</a>, 27°51′S, 31°23′E, 24-27.xi.2006, J. Janák leg. // forest litter, sifting // “ HOLOTYPUS Neopimus zulu sp. n., J. Janák det. 2014” (TMSA).</p> <p>Paratypes: same data as holotype, 19 ♂, 26 ♀ (1 ♂, 1 ♀ in TMSA, 18 ♂, 25 ♀ in JJRC); “ South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ntendeka Wildn.Area, Ngomi, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.418333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.833334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.418333/lat -27.833334)">Forest</a>; 27°50.0'S, 31°25.1´E, 1040m; 21.i.2019; J.Janák lgt.”, 42 spec. (JJRC). “ South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Hluhluwe NP, 28°07′S, 32°04′E, 29.xi.2006, J. Janák leg. // river banks, treading”, 1 ♂ (JJRC); “ S. Afr.: Zulu: Drakensbg., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.418333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.833334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.418333/lat -27.833334)">Ngome Forest</a> Res., 27.49 S – 31.25 E // 25.2.1997; E-Y: 3286, sifted indig. forest, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, 29 spec. (24 spec. in TMSA, 5 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr.: Zulu Drakensb., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.418333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.833334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.418333/lat -27.833334)">Ngome Forest</a> Res., 27.50 S – 31.24 E // 26.2.1997; E-Y: 3289, sifted indig. forest, leg. Endrödy- Younga”, 6 spec. (5 spec. in TMSA, 1 spec. in JJRC); “ S. Afr.; KWZ Natal, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=31.418333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.833334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 31.418333/lat -27.833334)">Ngome forest</a>, 27.49 S – 31.25 E // 27.1.2008; E-Y: 3784, indigenous forest, leg. Ruth Müller ”, 11 spec. (9 spec. in TMSA, 2 spec. in JJRC). All with “ PARATYPUS Neopimus zulu sp. n., J. Janák det. 2014” or “ PARATYPUS Neopimus zulu sp. n., J. Janák det. 2019”</p> <p>Description: Body length 2.9–3.3 mm (M = 3.1mm, HT = 2.9 mm), forebody length 1.5–1.7 mm (M = 1.7 mm, HT = 1.5). Black to dark brown, abdomen brown, legs and antennae yellowish-brown (Fig. 20).</p> <p>Head (Fig. 20) moderately convex, a third wider than long (W/L = 1.26–1.35, M = 1.30, HT = 1.28). Surface, except for small unpunctured middle area rugosely, coarsely and densely punctured, punctures about as large as basal diameter of second antennal segment, surface without microsculpture. Labrum medially emarginated, with short internal lobes. Antennae moderately short, segments 1–9 longer than wide, segment 1 slightly shorter than segments 2 and 3 combined, fifth segment longer than wide (L/W = 1.28–1.63, M = 1.46, HT = 1.42), tenth segment slightly longer than wide or about as long as wide (L/W = 1.00–1.08, M = 1.02, HT = 1.08).</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 20) rounded trapezoid shaped, moderately convex, slightly transverse or about as long as wide (L/W = 0.92–1.00, M = 0.95, HT = 0.92) and markedly narrower than head (PW/HW = 0.78–0.87, M = 0.84, HT = 0.87). Sides slightly narrowed posteriorly. Surface, except for relatively wide unpunctured line rugosely, coarsely and moderately densely punctured, slightly sparsely than on head, interstices on average as large as punctures, surface without microsculpture. Unpunctured line in narrowest part in middle of pronotum about three times as wide as diameter of puncture.</p> <p>Elytra (Fig. 20) rounded trapezoidal, only slightly convex on disc, almost about a half wider than long (R = 1.35–1.50, M = 1.45, HT = 1.44). Sides slightly convex widened behind. Abdomen (Fig. 20) slightly widened to segment VI, extremely finely and sparsely punctured. Interstices on tergite VII about 3–5 larger than diameter of punctures. Surface with very fine microsculpture consisting of transverse mesh.</p> <p>Male. Sternites III–VII without modifications, posterior margin of sternite VIII (Fig. 28) largely moderately deeply triangularly emarginate, inner part of emargination rounded. Aedeagus (Figs. 21–27) 0.45–0.50 mm (M = 0.47 mm, HT = 0.50 mm). Median lobe with apical process wide in ventral view and markedly bent dorsally in lateral view.</p> <p>Female. Sternite VIII largely rounded posteriorly.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. N. zulu sp. nov. differs from N. tragardhi (Fagel, 1961) by the longer pronotum, by the elytra markedly less widened posteriorly (cf. Fig. 20 and Figs. 1, 16) and also by the different shape of the aedeagus. N. zulu sp. nov. can be distinguished from N. capensis sp. nov. by the coarsely punctured pronotum and elytra.</p> <p>Etymology. This species is named after the tribe Zulu, which inhabit the area where the type series was collected.</p> <p>Bionomics. Almost all specimens were found in siftings of forest litter in indigenous forest.</p> <p>Distribution. Neopimus zulu sp. nov. is currently recorded from Ngome Forest and Hluhluwe Nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A70E641CA1C6577FF56E3D8FDFDFD33	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Janák, Jiří	Janák, Jiří (2019): Revision of the South African genus Neopimus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Zootaxa 4577 (2): 361-370, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4577.2.8
