Octavius pugionifer Puthz, 2006

Janák, Jiří, 2025, Overview of Octavius of Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae) with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 5737 (1), pp. 105-126 : 118-119

Octavius pugionifer Puthz, 2006

Figs. 51–55 , 95

Octavius pugionifer Puthz, 2006: 12

Type locality. South Africa, Mpumalanga Province, Berlin forest .

Type material examined. Paratype ♂: “S. Afr., Transvaal / Berlin forest / 25.32 S – 30.44 E ”, “ 20.9.1986; E-Y: 2278 / sifting / leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, “♂—Paratypus (top side) Puthz, 2005 (bottom side)” [yellow], “ Octavius / pugionifer sp.n. / det. Puthz 2005” ( JJRC) .

Additional material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga: 1 ♂: Berlin forest , 25.32 S – 30.44 E, 22.9.1986, E-Y: 2284, sifting, leg. Endrödy-Younga ( JJRC) .

Distribution. The species is currently known only from Berlin forest in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa ( Fig. 95 ).

Figures

FIGURE 95. Distribution of Octavius in Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa.

FIGURES 51–59. 51–55. Octavius pugionifer Puthz, Berlin forest, paratypes. 56–59. Octavius securifer Puthz, Mariepskop, paratype. 51, 56, habitus; 52–53, 57, aedeagus ventral; 54, 58, male sternite VIII; 55, 59, male sternite IX. Identical scales 0.1 mm: 52=53; 54=55; 58=59.