Octavius montiumdraconis Janák, 2007

Janák, Jiří, 2024, On Octavius from Maloti-Drakensberg and Golden Gate National Parks, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae), Zootaxa 5443 (4), pp. 495-522 : 505-507

Octavius montiumdraconis Janák, 2007

Figs. 49–54 , 120 , 124

Octavius montiumdraconis Janák, 2007: 198 .

Type locality. South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Royal Natal National Reserve, Gudu forest .

Material examined (70 specimens). SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 37 ♂, 33 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park , Royal Natal NR , Gudu Forest 28°41.0ʼS, 28°55.8ʼE, 1730m, 9.i.2019, J. Janák lgt., Berlese extraction, leaf & log litter, sifting ( TMSA, JJRC, 3 ♀ in 96% alcohol) .

Distribution. The species is known only from Gudu forest in Royal Natal National Reserve, Drakensberg Mts., South Africa ( Fig. 120 ).

Bionomics. All specimens were collected in siftings of forest litter in a patch of an indigenous forest at the elevation of about 1700 m a.s.l. with the abundance of 4.2 specimens per kg of sifted material ( Fig. 124 ).

Figures

FIGURES 49–59. 49–54: Octavius montiumdraconis Janák, Gudu forest. 55–59: Octavius penicullatus Janák, sp. nov., 55–56, 58–59, holotype; 57, paratype. 49, 55, habitus; 50–52, 56–57, aedeagus ventral; 53, 58, male sternite VIII; 54, 59, male sternite IX. Scale 0.5 mm: 49, 55; 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.