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<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF17AF56C41CFAFF367CEA78" box="[273,358,1316,1342]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 17" captionStartId="44.[264,370,1735,1756]" captionTargetBox="[342,1246,317,1709]" captionTargetId="figure@44.[340,1247,315,1741]" captionTargetPageId="44" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 17. Head and anterior part of pronotum, male, lateral view. 8, P. (Plinthisus) rudebecki Slater, 1964. 9, P. (Plinthisus) hirsutus Slater, 1964. 10, P. (Plinthisus) brachyoccus n. sp. 11, P. pulchellus. 12, P. e r i ­ cae. 13, P. fynbosi. 14, P. peninsularis. 15, P. lamprus. 16 (p. 46), P. (Nanoplinthisus) zuurbergi n. sp. 17 (p. 46), P. (Nanoplinthisus) drakensbergensis n. sp. Abbreviations: at—antenniferous tubercle, bc—buccula, br—buccular ridges, cs—collar sulcus, j—juga, js—jugal sulcus, la—first labial segment, l—lorum, pppropleural pore, pps—propleural suture, tls—trichobothriumlike setae, ts—tylar sulcus, ty—tylus, v—vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157233/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF17AF56C47EFAFF3689EA78" box="[371,403,1316,1342]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 – 27" captionStartId="45.[264,370,1747,1768]" captionTargetBox="[361,1231,339,1680]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[340,1247,326,1751]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 18 – 27. Mesopleuron and metapleuron, male. 18, P. rudebecki. 19, P. hirsutus. 20, P. brachyoccus. 21, P. pulchellus. 22, P. e r i c a e. 23, P. fynbosi. 24, P. peninsularis, 25, P. lamprus. 26, P. z u u r b e rg i. 27, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: au—auricle, hm—hemelytron, mf – metapleural flange, mp—mesepimeron, mps—mesopleural sulcus, ms – mesepisternum, mt—metepisternum, sa—scent area, tls – trichobothriumlike setae. Figures 24 to 27 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157234/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">26</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF17AF56C492FAFF36A5EA78" box="[415,447,1316,1342]" captionStart="FIGURES 28 – 37" captionStartId="46.[264,370,1738,1759]" captionTargetBox="[351,1190,316,1582]" captionTargetId="figure@46.[340,1247,291,1717]" captionTargetPageId="46" captionText="FIGURES 28 – 37. Male right metathoracic wing, ventral view, 28, P. brachyoccus, macropter, including Fig. 28 a, detail of overlapping stridulitra of wings at rest. Figs 29 – 37, brachypterous metathoracic wings. 29, P. rudebecki. 30, P. hirsutus. 31, P. pulchellus. 32, P. e r ic a e. 33, P. fynbosi. 34, P. peninsularis. 35, P. lamprus. 36, P. z u u r b e rg i. 37, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: Cu—Cubitus, h—hamus, IV—Intervannal veins, M— Medius, mnt—metanotum, mtws—metathoracic wing stridulitrum, Pcss—Postcubital sector stridulitrum, R— Radius, Sc—scutellum, st—stridulitrum, te—teeth. Figures 29 to 37 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157235/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">36</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF17AF56C4C6FAFF36F1EA78" box="[459,491,1316,1342]" captionStart="FIGURES 38 – 50" captionStartId="48.[264,370,1660,1681]" captionTargetBox="[404,1232,355,1613]" captionTargetId="figure@48.[340,1247,324,1646]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURES 38 – 50. Abdomen structures. 38 (p. 48), lateral view, male, P. e r ic a e. 39 – 48, left dorsal view, male. 39, P. rudebecki. 40, P. hirsutus. 41, P. brachyoccus. 42, P. pulchellus. 43, P. e r i c a e. 44, P. fynbosi. 45, P. peninsularis. 46, P. lamprus. 47, P. zuurbergi. 48, P. drakensbergensis. 49 – 50, dorsal abdominal segments 5 – 8, female. 49, P. pulchellus. 50, P. fynbosi. Abbreviations: e—epipleurite of connexivum, h—hypopleurite of connexivum, oj— oblique juncture of hypopleurites 4 &amp; 5, pl—plectrum on tergum one, sg—scent gland scar, sp – spiracle, spl—secondary plectrum, St 3 — sternum 3, St 7 — sternum 7, Tg 2 — tergum 2, Tg 6 — tergum 6, Tg 7 — tergum 7, tr—trichobothrium. Figures 44 to 50 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157236/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">47</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF17AF56C4FAFAFF3559EA78" box="[503,579,1316,1342]" captionStart="FIGURES 51 – 65" captionStartId="50.[264,370,1706,1727]" captionTargetBox="[362,1207,344,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@50.[340,1247,324,1711]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURES 51 – 65. Genital capsule, dorsal view (d. v.), lateral view (l. v.). 51, P. hirsutus, d. v. 52, P. hirsutus, l. v. 53, P. pulchellus, d. v. 54, P. brachyoccus, d. v. 55, P. brachyoccus, l. v. 56, P. lamprus, d. v. 57, P. e r i c a e, d. v. 58, P. e r i c a e, l. v. 59, P. drakensbergensis, d. v. 60, P. fynbosi, d. v. 61, P. fynbosi, l. v. 61 a, P. rudebecki, d. v. 62, P. peninsularis, d. v. 63, P. peninsularis, l. v. 64, P. z u u r b e rg i, d. v. 65, P. zuurberg, l. v. Abbreviations: ap—accessory sperm pump, as—anal sclerites, cl—clasper in place, co—clasper opening, do—dorsal opening, epepiproct, p—parandria, pa—paraprocts, pr—posterior rim. Figures 62 to 65 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157237/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">64, 65</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF17AF56C742FAFF3581EA78" box="[591,667,1316,1342]" captionStart="FIGURES 66 – 79" captionStartId="51.[264,370,1763,1784]" captionTargetBox="[358,1234,360,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@51.[340,1247,324,1750]" captionTargetPageId="51" captionText="FIGURES 66 – 79. Left clasper, area of attachment down, frontal view, except 70 and 76, lateral view (l. v.). 66, P. rudebecki. 67, P. hirsutus. 68, P. brachycoccus. 69, P. pulchellus. 70, P. pulchellus l. v. 71, P. (Isioscytus) himyaritus Linnavuori, 1978. 72, P. eri ca e. 73, P. fynbos. 74, P. fynbos, l. v. 75, P. (Nanoplinthisus) muticus Slater, 1964. 76, P. peninsularis. 77, P. lamprus. 78, P. z u u r b e rg i. 79, P. drakensbergensis. Abbeviations: aarea of attachment, b—blade, i—inner projection, o—outer projection, s—shank, tp—tip." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157238/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">77, 78</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF17AF56C7AAFAFF35E9EA78" box="[679,755,1316,1342]" captionStart="FIGURES 80 – 99" captionStartId="52.[264,370,1670,1691]" captionTargetBox="[373,1217,311,1654]" captionTargetId="figure@52.[340,1235,286,1675]" captionTargetPageId="52" captionText="FIGURES 80 – 99. Phallus, dorsal (or frontal) view (d. v.) and lateral view (l. v.). 80, P. rudebecki, d. v. 81, P. rudebecki, l. v. 82, P. hirsutus, d. v. 83, P. hirsutus, l. v. 84, P. brachyoccus, d. v. 85, P. brachyoccus, l. v. 86, P. pulchellus, d. v. 87, P. pulchellus, l. v. 88, P. e r i c a e, d. v. 89, P. e r ic a e, l. v. 90, P. fynbosi, d. v. 91, P. fynbosi, l. v. 92, P. peninsularis, d. v. 93, P. peninsularis, l. v. 94, P. lamprus, d. v. 95, P. lamprus, l. v. 96, P. z u u r b e rg i, d. v. 97, P. z u u r b e rg i, l. v. 98, P. drakensbergensis, d. v. 99, P. drakensbergensis, l. v. Abbreviations: ap—accessory pump, ba—basal apparatus, gp—gonoporal process, hp—helicoid process, hs—holding sclerites, pt—phallotheca, n—reservoir neck, rb—reservoir body, se—sleeve, sr—sperm reservoir, w—wings. Figures 90 to 99 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157239/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">94, 95</figureCitation>
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Brachypterous male. Pronotum, anterior 1/2 of head, legs and antennae light honey­yellow. Basal 1/2 of head dark red­brown. Scutellum, hemelytra, and abdomen a strongly contrasting dark chocolate brown, the abdomen almost black. Surface shining, appearing impunctate. Dorsum thickly clothed with elongate, semi­upright, posteriorly directed hairs, each in a micropuncture and as long as hairs on antennae. Posterior lobe and anterior collar of pronotum with slightly larger micropunctures. Relatively large punctures delimit posterior lobe of proepimeron. Long trichobothriumlike seta on eye, outside proximal surface of tibia, and lateral margin of pronotum 1/3 distance from humeral angle, pair on vertex 0.11 long, 0.13 apart and 0.06 from eye; shorter seta on tylus, eye, antenniferous tubercle and gena. [Abdominal sterna with 2 trichobothria on each side of midline of 3, 1 long and 1 short; 4 with 1 trichobothrium on each side of, and more remote, from midline; anterior trichobothrial hair of 6 and dorsal posterior hair of 6 and 7 very long (0.23); others shorter and inconspicuous (hard to distinguish from general investiture of hairs); posterior pair on 5 oblique, closer (0.015) together and nearer (0.025) to posterior margin of segment than to spiracle (0.045); posterior pairs on 6 and 7 similar, but progressively farther apart (0.03 and 0.04).]
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non­declivent, acuminate, strongly convex across vertex. Tylus attaining distal 1/3 of 1st antennal segment. Tylus slightly convex, length head 0.14, width 0.07. Tylar sutures converging caudad. Juga gently convex, apices pointed. Lorum and gena nearly flat, polished. Antenniferous tubercles short, just visible from above; antennal insertion just below, and in front of eye. Eyes nearly in contact with anterolateral pronotal angles. Eye oval, small, of about 25 facets; eye length 0.08, height 0.22. Ocelli absent. Bucculae very low, height much less (0.02) than width of labial segment 1; very short, becoming ridges at level of apices of juga; ridges weak terminating caudad in a broad &quot;U&quot; at base of head. Venter of head more convex than vertex; telescoped ventral portion less enlarged than dorsal portion, length 0.11. Visible head length 0.24, width across eyes 0.34; interocular space 0.22, head height greatest (0.28) through telescoped area, height above eye 0.05, below eye 0.08, preocular length.15.
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broader across anterior 1/3 than across humeral angles, only slightly arcuate laterad, lateral margins sharply carinate; anterior margin strongly concave, anterolateral corners almost reaching eyes; posterior margin nearly straight. Collar and posterior lobe not evident externally [except by micropunctures and apodemes visible in cleared specimens]. Dorsum of anterior pronotal lobe moderately convex, height above lateral margin 0.04; pronotum medial length 0.43, [length posterior lobe 0.08 (cleared)]; width across anterior lobe, 0.53, width across humeri 0.50; [dorsal collar length 0.05 (cleared)]. Scutellum flat; length 0.20, width 0.34. Mesoscutum continuous with mesepisternum, not differentiated from scutellum, nor exposed laterad. Hemelytron pad­like with clavus and corium indistinguishably fused, without hinge, but base set off from scutellum; no membrane remnant. Posterior (distal) hemelytral margin truncate, straight, at right angles to body axis, and extending caudad to anterior portion of 4th abdominal tergum. Hemelytral margins strongly arcuate laterad, rounded, non­carinate, rolled to clasp pterothorax (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF16AF57C171FA8F33C9EA28" box="[1148,1235,1364,1390]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 – 27" captionStartId="45.[264,370,1747,1768]" captionTargetBox="[361,1231,339,1680]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[340,1247,326,1751]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 18 – 27. Mesopleuron and metapleuron, male. 18, P. rudebecki. 19, P. hirsutus. 20, P. brachyoccus. 21, P. pulchellus. 22, P. e r i c a e. 23, P. fynbosi. 24, P. peninsularis, 25, P. lamprus. 26, P. z u u r b e rg i. 27, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: au—auricle, hm—hemelytron, mf – metapleural flange, mp—mesepimeron, mps—mesopleural sulcus, ms – mesepisternum, mt—metepisternum, sa—scent area, tls – trichobothriumlike setae. Figures 24 to 27 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157234/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
). Hemelytra broader (0.32) than maximum pronotal width, length 0.42; commissure length 0.20; distance posterior margin of hemelytra to apex abdomen 0.52. [Metanotum pale, reduced, much exceeded caudad by scutellum. Metathoracic wing very reduced (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF16AF57C178FA1733CBEAA0" box="[1141,1233,1484,1510]" captionStart="FIGURES 28 – 37" captionStartId="46.[264,370,1738,1759]" captionTargetBox="[351,1190,316,1582]" captionTargetId="figure@46.[340,1247,291,1717]" captionTargetPageId="46" captionText="FIGURES 28 – 37. Male right metathoracic wing, ventral view, 28, P. brachyoccus, macropter, including Fig. 28 a, detail of overlapping stridulitra of wings at rest. Figs 29 – 37, brachypterous metathoracic wings. 29, P. rudebecki. 30, P. hirsutus. 31, P. pulchellus. 32, P. e r ic a e. 33, P. fynbosi. 34, P. peninsularis. 35, P. lamprus. 36, P. z u u r b e rg i. 37, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: Cu—Cubitus, h—hamus, IV—Intervannal veins, M— Medius, mnt—metanotum, mtws—metathoracic wing stridulitrum, Pcss—Postcubital sector stridulitrum, R— Radius, Sc—scutellum, st—stridulitrum, te—teeth. Figures 29 to 37 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157235/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fig. 36</figureCitation>
), width 0.082, length 0.067. Stridulitrum sclerite oval, width 0.057, length 0.045, with 25 small (0.005 wide) teeth in 5–6 staggered rows. (In female, metanotum membranous; metathoracic wing absent.)] Posterior lobe of proepimeron compressed, very short, delimited by row of large punctures in sulcus. Propleural pore distinct, midway (0.10) between collar and pleural suture. Mesepisternum compressed; mesepimeron and metepisternum ecarinate below groove which receives hemelytron (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF16AF57C636F967348EE990" box="[827,916,1724,1750]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 – 27" captionStartId="45.[264,370,1747,1768]" captionTargetBox="[361,1231,339,1680]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[340,1247,326,1751]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 18 – 27. Mesopleuron and metapleuron, male. 18, P. rudebecki. 19, P. hirsutus. 20, P. brachyoccus. 21, P. pulchellus. 22, P. e r i c a e. 23, P. fynbosi. 24, P. peninsularis, 25, P. lamprus. 26, P. z u u r b e rg i. 27, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: au—auricle, hm—hemelytron, mf – metapleural flange, mp—mesepimeron, mps—mesopleural sulcus, ms – mesepisternum, mt—metepisternum, sa—scent area, tls – trichobothriumlike setae. Figures 24 to 27 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157234/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
). Metathoracic scent gland auricle (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF16AF57C41CF93F367DE9B8" box="[273,359,1764,1790]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 – 27" captionStartId="45.[264,370,1747,1768]" captionTargetBox="[361,1231,339,1680]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[340,1247,326,1751]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 18 – 27. Mesopleuron and metapleuron, male. 18, P. rudebecki. 19, P. hirsutus. 20, P. brachyoccus. 21, P. pulchellus. 22, P. e r i c a e. 23, P. fynbosi. 24, P. peninsularis, 25, P. lamprus. 26, P. z u u r b e rg i. 27, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: au—auricle, hm—hemelytron, mf – metapleural flange, mp—mesepimeron, mps—mesopleural sulcus, ms – mesepisternum, mt—metepisternum, sa—scent area, tls – trichobothriumlike setae. Figures 24 to 27 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157234/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
) short, directed caudad; apex slightly enlarged, bluntly rounded and with margins sharply elevated. Granulose scent area small, occupying less than ventral 1/2 of metepisternum. Metapleural flange not visibly delimited by groove from metepisternum; posterior margin of flange slightly concave (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF15AF54C7A6FEC7341EEE70" box="[683,772,284,310]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 – 27" captionStartId="45.[264,370,1747,1768]" captionTargetBox="[361,1231,339,1680]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[340,1247,326,1751]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 18 – 27. Mesopleuron and metapleuron, male. 18, P. rudebecki. 19, P. hirsutus. 20, P. brachyoccus. 21, P. pulchellus. 22, P. e r i c a e. 23, P. fynbosi. 24, P. peninsularis, 25, P. lamprus. 26, P. z u u r b e rg i. 27, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: au—auricle, hm—hemelytron, mf – metapleural flange, mp—mesepimeron, mps—mesopleural sulcus, ms – mesepisternum, mt—metepisternum, sa—scent area, tls – trichobothriumlike setae. Figures 24 to 27 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157234/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
). Prosternum short, length 0.21; ventral collar length 0.08, set off by sulcus continuous with sulcus below lateral edge of pronotum; proxyphus depressed, sharply pointed. Mesosternum carinate, with transverse rugulae; mesoxyphus produced into narrow high tubercle, apex narrowly truncate. Metasternum flat, metaxyphus acute, sharply pointed. [Metacoxal bridges absent in both male and females. Mesendosternite short, apex splayed; mesendotergite short, incurved, apex cup­shaped, remote from mesendosternite.]
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oval; maximum width 0.64, length 0.67. Terga distinctly arched; connexivum tilted laterally up; caudal margin of tergum 7 rounded, extending a little caudad of connexivum. [Sternal sutures 3–4 and 4–5 incised, ridged; bent slightly cephalad at level of lateral trichobothria. (In female, intersegmental margin of sterna 4–5 straight.) Spiracles of segment 5 and 6 closer (0.05) to posterior than to anterior (0.10) margins. Terga 1 and 2 (
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) pale, mesally transparent, very lightly sclerotized; width 0.42. Plectrum small, with anterior margin darker, width 0.04, length 0.03,; extremely finely striate, striae anteriorly 0.4 µ apart, posteriorly &lt;0.2 µ apart, near limit of light resolution. Tergum 3 little longer in middle, anterior margin straight, a distinct carina along posterior margin. Tergal sutures 4–5 and 5–6 not dovetailed, sutures curving caudad so that tergum 6 is shorter than 4, 5 or 7. Maximum width of terga 0.54; medial lengths: 1­0.03, 2­0.05, 3­0.06, 4­0.15, 5­ 0.18, 6­0.12, 7­0.17. Scent gland scar widths: 3–4: 0.18, 4–5: 0.13, 5–6: 0.14. Terga 4–7 inflexed and grooved laterad to receive mesal margin of connexivum. Epipleurites 3–6 very narrow (0.003) in width. Connexivum relatively narrow, hypopleurite widths: 2­0.02, 3­0.04, 4­0.04, 5­0.05, 6­0.04, 7­0.03; lengths: 2­0.04, 3­0.06, 4­0.06, 5­0.20, 6­0.23, 7­ 0.13; Hypopleurites 3 and 4 nearly fused together; hypopleurite junction 4–5 very oblique, with a distinct mesal notch into which fits pointed end of epipleurite 4; other junctions nearly transverse (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF15AF54C4E7FB07355DEBB0" box="[490,583,1244,1270]" captionStart="FIGURES 38 – 50" captionStartId="48.[264,370,1660,1681]" captionTargetBox="[404,1232,355,1613]" captionTargetId="figure@48.[340,1247,324,1646]" captionTargetPageId="48" captionText="FIGURES 38 – 50. Abdomen structures. 38 (p. 48), lateral view, male, P. e r ic a e. 39 – 48, left dorsal view, male. 39, P. rudebecki. 40, P. hirsutus. 41, P. brachyoccus. 42, P. pulchellus. 43, P. e r i c a e. 44, P. fynbosi. 45, P. peninsularis. 46, P. lamprus. 47, P. zuurbergi. 48, P. drakensbergensis. 49 – 50, dorsal abdominal segments 5 – 8, female. 49, P. pulchellus. 50, P. fynbosi. Abbreviations: e—epipleurite of connexivum, h—hypopleurite of connexivum, oj— oblique juncture of hypopleurites 4 &amp; 5, pl—plectrum on tergum one, sg—scent gland scar, sp – spiracle, spl—secondary plectrum, St 3 — sternum 3, St 7 — sternum 7, Tg 2 — tergum 2, Tg 6 — tergum 6, Tg 7 — tergum 7, tr—trichobothrium. Figures 44 to 50 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157236/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
). Tergum 7 internally impressed and sternum 7 with lateral shelves to receive segment 8 and genital capsule. Sternum 7 with no anterior apodemes visible. Genital capsule (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF15AF54C738FAF735F9EA00" box="[565,739,1324,1350]" captionStart="FIGURES 51 – 65" captionStartId="50.[264,370,1706,1727]" captionTargetBox="[362,1207,344,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@50.[340,1247,324,1711]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURES 51 – 65. Genital capsule, dorsal view (d. v.), lateral view (l. v.). 51, P. hirsutus, d. v. 52, P. hirsutus, l. v. 53, P. pulchellus, d. v. 54, P. brachyoccus, d. v. 55, P. brachyoccus, l. v. 56, P. lamprus, d. v. 57, P. e r i c a e, d. v. 58, P. e r i c a e, l. v. 59, P. drakensbergensis, d. v. 60, P. fynbosi, d. v. 61, P. fynbosi, l. v. 61 a, P. rudebecki, d. v. 62, P. peninsularis, d. v. 63, P. peninsularis, l. v. 64, P. z u u r b e rg i, d. v. 65, P. zuurberg, l. v. Abbreviations: ap—accessory sperm pump, as—anal sclerites, cl—clasper in place, co—clasper opening, do—dorsal opening, epepiproct, p—parandria, pa—paraprocts, pr—posterior rim. Figures 62 to 65 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157237/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Figs. 64 &amp; 65</figureCitation>
) posteriorly excavate, width 0.24; posterior rim with distinct carina which meets clasper opening on midline; dorsal opening quadrate, large, nearly as wide as clasper opening; anterior bridge very narrow; parandria small, slender, bluntly pointed and twisted caudad. Epiproct (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF15AF54C69EFA7F34F1EAF8" box="[915,1003,1444,1470]" captionStart="FIGURES 51 – 65" captionStartId="50.[264,370,1706,1727]" captionTargetBox="[362,1207,344,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@50.[340,1247,324,1711]" captionTargetPageId="50" captionText="FIGURES 51 – 65. Genital capsule, dorsal view (d. v.), lateral view (l. v.). 51, P. hirsutus, d. v. 52, P. hirsutus, l. v. 53, P. pulchellus, d. v. 54, P. brachyoccus, d. v. 55, P. brachyoccus, l. v. 56, P. lamprus, d. v. 57, P. e r i c a e, d. v. 58, P. e r i c a e, l. v. 59, P. drakensbergensis, d. v. 60, P. fynbosi, d. v. 61, P. fynbosi, l. v. 61 a, P. rudebecki, d. v. 62, P. peninsularis, d. v. 63, P. peninsularis, l. v. 64, P. z u u r b e rg i, d. v. 65, P. zuurberg, l. v. Abbreviations: ap—accessory sperm pump, as—anal sclerites, cl—clasper in place, co—clasper opening, do—dorsal opening, epepiproct, p—parandria, pa—paraprocts, pr—posterior rim. Figures 62 to 65 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157237/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 64</figureCitation>
) membranous, represented by minute setae; paraprocts elongate, slender, C­shaped, nearly touching ventrad; single pair of anal sclerites, each bearing 4 setae. Clasper (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF15AF54C670FA2F34CFE948" box="[893,981,1524,1550]" captionStart="FIGURES 66 – 79" captionStartId="51.[264,370,1763,1784]" captionTargetBox="[358,1234,360,1742]" captionTargetId="figure@51.[340,1247,324,1750]" captionTargetPageId="51" captionText="FIGURES 66 – 79. Left clasper, area of attachment down, frontal view, except 70 and 76, lateral view (l. v.). 66, P. rudebecki. 67, P. hirsutus. 68, P. brachycoccus. 69, P. pulchellus. 70, P. pulchellus l. v. 71, P. (Isioscytus) himyaritus Linnavuori, 1978. 72, P. eri ca e. 73, P. fynbos. 74, P. fynbos, l. v. 75, P. (Nanoplinthisus) muticus Slater, 1964. 76, P. peninsularis. 77, P. lamprus. 78, P. z u u r b e rg i. 79, P. drakensbergensis. Abbeviations: aarea of attachment, b—blade, i—inner projection, o—outer projection, s—shank, tp—tip." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157238/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 78</figureCitation>
) with shank and blade short and straight; blade strongly carinate on inner (frontal) surface. Phallus (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF15AF54C143F9C733FDE970" box="[1102,1255,1564,1590]" captionStart="FIGURES 80 – 99" captionStartId="52.[264,370,1670,1691]" captionTargetBox="[373,1217,311,1654]" captionTargetId="figure@52.[340,1235,286,1675]" captionTargetPageId="52" captionText="FIGURES 80 – 99. Phallus, dorsal (or frontal) view (d. v.) and lateral view (l. v.). 80, P. rudebecki, d. v. 81, P. rudebecki, l. v. 82, P. hirsutus, d. v. 83, P. hirsutus, l. v. 84, P. brachyoccus, d. v. 85, P. brachyoccus, l. v. 86, P. pulchellus, d. v. 87, P. pulchellus, l. v. 88, P. e r i c a e, d. v. 89, P. e r ic a e, l. v. 90, P. fynbosi, d. v. 91, P. fynbosi, l. v. 92, P. peninsularis, d. v. 93, P. peninsularis, l. v. 94, P. lamprus, d. v. 95, P. lamprus, l. v. 96, P. z u u r b e rg i, d. v. 97, P. z u u r b e rg i, l. v. 98, P. drakensbergensis, d. v. 99, P. drakensbergensis, l. v. Abbreviations: ap—accessory pump, ba—basal apparatus, gp—gonoporal process, hp—helicoid process, hs—holding sclerites, pt—phallotheca, n—reservoir neck, rb—reservoir body, se—sleeve, sr—sperm reservoir, w—wings. Figures 90 to 99 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157239/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 96 &amp; 97</figureCitation>
) with gonoporal process of 4 basal coils with membranous sleeve, and 10–11 very slender distal coils; no helicoid process. Sperm reservoir enlarged basally; wings very small, triangular; holding sclerites small, shorter than reservoir. Phallotheca mostly desclerotized, with broad ventral sclerite and two slender dorsal sclerites. (In female, tergum 1 and 2 membranous; tergum 3 long, length 0.09, with anterior margin slightly convex, posterior margin transversely carinate. Epipleurite 3 present. Abdominal terga 6 and 7 fused, no suture visible. Tergum 8 flat; 2 submesal anterior sutures converging caudad to meet 1/3 distance before posterior margin. Tergum 9 short, strap­shaped, with long medial anterior apodeme; epipleurite 9 with small apodeme; hypopleurite 9 not cleft. Valvula length 0.31, apex with three long setae. Spermatheca (
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) with bulb asymmetrical, beret­shaped; sclerotized distal duct short, curved; unsclerotized basal duct very long, basally widened.)]
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(
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF14AF55C4B6FE673539EE90" box="[443,547,444,470]" captionStart="FIGURES 110 – 120" captionStartId="55.[264,370,1725,1746]" captionTargetBox="[343,1234,326,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@55.[340,1247,324,1733]" captionTargetPageId="55" captionText="FIGURES 110 – 120. Male prothoracic leg, inside (anterior) view. 110, P. (Locutius) herbarum Lindberg, 1958. 111, P. (Plinthisus) brevipennis, Latreille, 1807. 112, P. (Dasythisus) indentatus Barber, 1918. 113, P. hirsutus. 114, P. brachyoccus. 115, P. pulchellus. 116, P. ericae. 117, P. fynbosi. 118, P. peninsularis. 119, P. lamprus. 120, P. zuurbergi. 121, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: ats—apical tibial spine, fs—profemoral spines, fsl—profemoral sulcus, pcs—procoxal spine, tbs—protibial spine, tsl—protibial sulcus, tt—protibial tubercles, sr—spur." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157241/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Fig. 120</figureCitation>
) moderately incrassate, length 0.39, width 0.21; convex above, flattened beneath, inner distal surface sulcate to receive tibia; single small spine beneath halfway along femur. Protibia slightly bent, tiny tubercles on inner face, distal end clublike, enlarged; fitting in sulcus on femur, distal armed with a single inside (anterior) spur; protibial length 0.31, distal width 0.08. Procoxa with c­shaped tooth. Mesotibia and metatibia each with a row of 2 and a row of 3 spurs; metatibia length 0.38; medial width 0.04; lengths of metatarsomeres: I 0.11, II 0.05, III 0.06. Labium extending between mesocoxae; 1st segment not attaining base of head; labial segment lengths: I 0.18, II 0.20, III 0.14, IV 0.13. Antennae stout, segments fusiform, moderately thick, 0.07; antennal segment lengths: I 0.14, II 0.19, III 0.15, IV 0.22. Total body length 1.47.
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: 
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: 
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. S. Zuurberg Pass Summit, 1,800', 
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(M. H. Sweet, T. Schuh no. 196). In National Collection of Insects, Pretoria, 
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: (all brachypterous) 
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15 f (
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2 f dissected). Same data as 
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<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C435FBCF36A7EB68" bold="true" box="[312,445,1044,1070]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Etymology</emphasis>
. This distinctive species, unrelated to any other 
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<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C10FFBCF336DEB6B" box="[1026,1143,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Plinthisus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species­group, is known only the Zuurberg, an isolated mountain in the Eastern Cape, thus the genitive ending meaning, 
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<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C4DEFBBF3552EB3B" box="[467,584,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Plinthisus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
of the Zuurberg.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34A6507AF14AF55C435FB57341BE980" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEF368CAF14AF55C435FB573502EAA0" blockId="35.[264,1325,284,1630]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C435FB5736A6EBE0" bold="true" box="[312,444,1164,1190]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Discussion</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C4C6FB5736C0EBE3" box="[459,474,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C4E4FB573540EBE3" box="[489,602,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">zuurbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is superficially very similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C504D0FAF14AF55C6C1FB5733ACEBE3" box="[972,1206,1164,1190]" class="Insecta" family="Rhyparochromidae" genus="Plinthisus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="drakensbergensis">
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C6C1FB5734C1EBE3" box="[972,987,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C6E7FB5733ACEBE3" box="[1002,1206,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">drakensbergensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, agreeing in general size, habitus, pronotal coloration and elongate hairs on the dorsal surface. However, 
<taxonomicName id="4C504D0FAF14AF55C444FB0736C3EBB3" box="[329,473,1244,1270]" class="Insecta" family="Rhyparochromidae" genus="Plinthisus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zuurbergi">
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C444FB073642EBB3" box="[329,344,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C465FB0736C3EBB3" box="[360,473,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">zuurbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is readily distinguishable by the metathoracic scent gland auricle being curved caudad (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF14AF55C4CEFADF3501EA58" box="[451,539,1284,1310]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 – 27" captionStartId="45.[264,370,1747,1768]" captionTargetBox="[361,1231,339,1680]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[340,1247,326,1751]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 18 – 27. Mesopleuron and metapleuron, male. 18, P. rudebecki. 19, P. hirsutus. 20, P. brachyoccus. 21, P. pulchellus. 22, P. e r i c a e. 23, P. fynbosi. 24, P. peninsularis, 25, P. lamprus. 26, P. z u u r b e rg i. 27, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: au—auricle, hm—hemelytron, mf – metapleural flange, mp—mesepimeron, mps—mesopleural sulcus, ms – mesepisternum, mt—metepisternum, sa—scent area, tls – trichobothriumlike setae. Figures 24 to 27 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157234/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Fig. 26</figureCitation>
), not recurved cephalad (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF14AF55C648FADF3487EA58" box="[837,925,1284,1310]" captionStart="FIGURES 18 – 27" captionStartId="45.[264,370,1747,1768]" captionTargetBox="[361,1231,339,1680]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[340,1247,326,1751]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 18 – 27. Mesopleuron and metapleuron, male. 18, P. rudebecki. 19, P. hirsutus. 20, P. brachyoccus. 21, P. pulchellus. 22, P. e r i c a e. 23, P. fynbosi. 24, P. peninsularis, 25, P. lamprus. 26, P. z u u r b e rg i. 27, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: au—auricle, hm—hemelytron, mf – metapleural flange, mp—mesepimeron, mps—mesopleural sulcus, ms – mesepisternum, mt—metepisternum, sa—scent area, tls – trichobothriumlike setae. Figures 24 to 27 on the next page." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157234/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
); by the profemur having a single spine (
<figureCitation id="136B2A09AF14AF55C455FAF736A5EA00" box="[344,447,1324,1350]" captionStart="FIGURES 110 – 120" captionStartId="55.[264,370,1725,1746]" captionTargetBox="[343,1234,326,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@55.[340,1247,324,1733]" captionTargetPageId="55" captionText="FIGURES 110 – 120. Male prothoracic leg, inside (anterior) view. 110, P. (Locutius) herbarum Lindberg, 1958. 111, P. (Plinthisus) brevipennis, Latreille, 1807. 112, P. (Dasythisus) indentatus Barber, 1918. 113, P. hirsutus. 114, P. brachyoccus. 115, P. pulchellus. 116, P. ericae. 117, P. fynbosi. 118, P. peninsularis. 119, P. lamprus. 120, P. zuurbergi. 121, P. drakensbergensis. Abbreviations: ats—apical tibial spine, fs—profemoral spines, fsl—profemoral sulcus, pcs—procoxal spine, tbs—protibial spine, tsl—protibial sulcus, tt—protibial tubercles, sr—spur." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/157241/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Fig. 119</figureCitation>
), not mutic (Fig. 121); and by the dark color of the scutellum, hemelytra and abdomen which contrasts strikingly with the yellow, pronotum, whereas in 
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<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C1AAFA8F33ACEA2B" box="[1191,1206,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C1C9FA8F366DEAD3" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">drakensbergensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the whole dorsum is light yellowish. In actuality, as indicated in the key, 
<taxonomicName id="4C504D0FAF14AF55C019FAA73663EAFB" class="Insecta" family="Rhyparochromidae" genus="Plinthisus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zuurbergi">
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C019FAA73239EAD3" box="[1300,1315,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">P</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C405FA7F3663EAFB" box="[264,377,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">zuurbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forms a separate species­group. It has no other close relatives and appears to have a restricted range.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEF368CAF14AF55C435FA2F344BE918" blockId="35.[264,1325,284,1630]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
We place the 
<taxonomicName id="4C504D0FAF14AF55C4D0FA2F3548E948" box="[477,594,1524,1550]" class="Insecta" family="Rhyparochromidae" genus="Plinthisus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zuurbergi">Zuurbergi</taxonomicName>
species­group in Wagner's subgenus 
<taxonomicName id="4C504D0FAF14AF55C11EFA2F33DFE94B" box="[1043,1221,1524,1549]" class="Insecta" family="Lygaeidae" genus="Nanoplinthisus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C11EFA2F33DFE94B" box="[1043,1221,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Nanoplinthisus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because the hemelytron lacks a marginal membrane, is transversely truncate at the level of tergum 4, and the clasper is straight with a carinate blade.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BEF368CAF14AF55C405F975341BE980" blockId="35.[264,769,1710,1734]" box="[264,769,1710,1734]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B924EA9EAF14AF55C405F975341BE980" bold="true" box="[264,769,1710,1734]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<taxonomicName id="4C504D0FAF14AF55C405F9753539E980" box="[264,547,1710,1734]" class="Insecta" family="Rhyparochromidae" genus="Plinthisus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="56" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="drakensbergensis">DRAKENSBERGENSIS</taxonomicName>
SPECIES­GROUP
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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