Octavius gamai Puthz, 1986

Figs. 34–38, 120, 126, 128

Octavius gamai Puthz, 1986: 189; Herman, 2001: 1859; Janák, 2007: 202; Janák, 2014: 222

Type locality. South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Cathedral Peak National Reserve .

Material examined (80 specimens). SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 31 ♂, 33 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Cathedral Peak NR, Rainbow Gorge, 28°57.6ʼS, 29°13.4ʼE, 1500m, 4.i.2019, J. Janák lgt., Berlese extraction, leaf & log litter, sifting (JJRC, 1 ♂, 3 ♀ in 96% alcohol) ; 10 ♂, 6 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Cathedral Peak NR, Masongwane r. banks, 28°58.2ʼS, 29°14.7ʼE, 1600m, 21.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt .

Distribution. The species is known only from forests of Cathedral Peak in Drakensberg Mountains (Fig. 120).

Bionomics. All examined specimens were collected in siftings of forest litter in two forest patches of an indigenous forest (Fig. 126, 128, abundance of specimens per kg of sifted material: 3.2 in Rainbow gorge and 1.7 in Masongwane river banks).