Octavius crucialis (Kistner, 1967)

Figs. 16–20, 120, 127

Turellus crucialis Kistner, 1967: 57,

Octavius crucialis; Puthz, 1980: 27; Puthz, 1986: 200; Herman, 2001: 1857.

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

Material examined (33 specimens). SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu-Natal: 15 ♂, 18 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Cathedral Peak NR, Oqualweni Fern forest; 28°56.6ʼS, 29°11.0ʼE, 1570m, 7.i.2019, J. Janák lgt., Berlese extraction, leaf & log litter, sifting (TMSA, JJRC) .

Distribution. The species is known only from Ogalweni (= Oqualweni Fern) forest in Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal Province (Fig. 120).

Bionomics. All specimens were collected in siftings of forest litter in a patch of an indigenous forest at the elevation of about 1600 m a.s.l. with the abundance of 2.1 specimens per kg of sifted material (Fig. 127).