Octavius adriani Janák, 2014

Figs. 1–10, 120, 134

Octavius adriani Janák, 2014: 202

Type locality. South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Northington Forest .

Material examined (155 specimens). SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 77 ♂, 78 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Mkomazi WA [Wilderness area], Gxalingenwa forest, 29°39.2ʼS 29°25.2ʼE, 1610 m, 15.i.2019, J. Janák lgt., Berlese extraction, leaf & log litter, sifting (TMSA, JJRC, 2 ♂ in 96 % alcohol) .

Note. Specimens from Gxalingenwa forest donʼt differ markedly from the specimens from the type locality – only the aedeagus is slightly larger (cf. Figs. 2–8), but with same shape of median lobe and internal structure.

Distribution. The species is currently known from Northington and Gxalingenwa (Fig. 120) forests in KwaZulu-Natal Province.

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. and with the abundance 12.3 specimens per kg of sifted material (Fig. 134).