Stenus callens Puthz, 1971

Janák, Jiří, 2022, Four new species and additional records of the genus Stenus of southern Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Steninae), Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 331-356 : 347

Stenus callens Puthz, 1971

Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape Province, 22 mi. NW Knysna.

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng: 1 ♂: Pretoria , 25.45S, 28.12E, xii.1975, R. L. Kluge ( SANC) ; 7 ♂, 6 ♀: Rietvlei NR, dam banks, 25°52.5’S, 28°16.4’E, 30.xi.+ 2.xii.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC, TMSA) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀: S of Johannesburg, Kliprivier env., reeds, 26°25.0’S, 28°5.6’E, 25.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; Mpumalanga: 1 ♂: Telperion NR, swamp, reeds, 25°41.9’S, 29°0.7’E, 26.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; Free State: 1 ♂: Golden Gate NP, swamp-reeds, 28°30.55’S, 28°38.32’E, 31.xii.2014, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; KwaZulu-Natal: 1 ♀: Lions river banks, 29°25.3’S, 30°5.8’E, 20.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 2 ♂: Tugela r. tributary nr. R74 bridge, reeds, 28°37.5’S, 29°7.4’E, ca 26 km NW of Bergville, 22.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Tugela river banks, 28°38.4’S 29°4.05’E, 24.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Stoneybrook farm env. nr. Kokstad , dam, 30°31.0’S, 29°19.9’E, 19.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; Eastern Cape: 1 ♀: N of Mthatha , river banks, 31°28.8’S, 28°46.0’E, 16.i.2016, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 2 ♂, 3 ♀: NE of Somerset East, NW Glen Avon farm, 32°42.7’S, 25°38.4’E, 17.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; Western Cape: 4 ♂, 22 specimens sex indet.: Diep river, bridge on N9 motorway pr. Molenrivier , 33°45’S, 22°57’E, treading, 4.xii.2009, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) .

Distribution. The species is recorded from South Africa: Western Cape, Gauteng, Free State and KwaZuluNatal provinces.