Octavius gamai Puthz, 1986

Janák, Jiří, 2024, On Octavius from Maloti-Drakensberg and Golden Gate National Parks, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae), Zootaxa 5443 (4), pp. 495-522 : 503

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).

Figures

FIGURES 29–38. 29–33: Octavius flagellatus Janák, sp. nov., 29–30, 32–33, holotype; 31, paratype. 34–38: Octavius gamai Puthz, Rainbow gorge. 29, 34, habitus; 30–31, 35–36, aedeagus ventral; 32, 38, male sternite VIII; 33, 37, male sternite IX. Scale: 0.5 mm: 29, 34; scales: 0.1 mm: remaining figures.

FIGURES 113–121. Octavius undulatus Janák, sp. nov.; 113–116, 118–119, holotype; 117, paratype. 113, habitus; 114, fore parts; 115, fore parts lateral; 116–117, aedeagus ventral; 118, male sternite VIII; 119, male sternite IX. Scale 0.5 mm: 113; scales 0.1 mm: 114–115; 116–117; 118–119; o: ommatidium. 120: Distribution of Octavius – subgroup A. 121: Distribution of Octavius – subgroup B.

FIGURES 122–127. 122–123: Golden Gate. 124–125: Royal Natal: 124, Gudu forest, 125, Devilʼs Hoek. 126–127: Cathedral Peak: 126, Rainbow gorge, 127, Oqualweni Fern forest.

FIGURES 128–133. 128: Cathedral Peak, Masongwane river banks. 129: Injisuthi. 130: Monkʼs Cowl, Hlatikulu forest. 131: Lotheni. 132: Kamberg, locality 1. 133: Kamberg locality 2.