Parvapila lyncispinnae new genus and new species (Coleoptera, Melandryidae) from South Africa

The first Orchesiini of South Africa, Parvapila lyncispinnae gen. nov. and sp. nov. , is described. Specimens were collected at the foot of the Langeberg Range and of the Kogelberg, mountains of Western Cape. Individuals were collected by sifting soil litter in Afromontane forests, an endemic vegetation community of Afrotropical mountainous areas.