Stenus linearis linearis 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 : 341

Stenus linearis linearis Puthz, 1971

Type locality. South Africa, Western Cape Province, Table Mountains, Oranje Kloof .

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: 1 ♂: Table Mts. NP, Echo valley , indig. forest, 34°7’S, 18°27’E, 13.ii.2012, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Table Mts. NP, Wynberg-Bat cave env., 33°59.2’S, 18°24.2’E, 730m, 23.x.2017, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Table Mt. NP, Cape Town, Cecilia forest sifting, 300m, - 33.996784°S, 18.420357°E, 11.xi.2019, P. Hlaváč & M. Kocian lgt. ( MMBC) ; 2 ♀: Jonkershoek NR, Eerste Waterval , forest path, 33°56’S, 18°56’E, sifting, 13.xii.2009, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 4 ♂, 5 ♀: Jonkershoek NR, indig. forest patch, 33°58.3’S, 18°57.0’E, 24.i.2015, J. Janák lgt., stream banks, treading ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Sneeukop , 1200 m, 34.03 S – 18.59 E, 12.xi.1973, E-Y 229, herbaceous litter, leg. Endrödy-Younga ( TMSA) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Kogelberg NR, Oudebos , 34°20’S, 19°00’E, stream banks, sifting, 11.xii.2009, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1♀: Kogelberg NR, fynbos nr. stream, 34°20.1’S, 18°56.3’E, 22.x.2019, P. Bulirsch lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Kogelberg NR, Oudebos forest , brook banks, 34°20.1’S, 18°56.7’E, 6–7+ 11.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♀: Kogelberg NR, Platbos for., 34°20.0’S, 18°55.8’E, 16.x.2013, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 2 ♂: Hottentots Holland NR borders, Mt Rochelle-Perdekloof , W of Franschhoek pass, 33°54.2’S, 19°9.8’E, 8.ii.2012, J. Janák lgt., small remnants of indigenous forest along a brook, sifting ( JJRC) ; 1 ♀: Hottentots Holland NR, 2km S of Franschhoek pass, 33°55.7’S, 19°9.7’E, 9.ii.2012, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♀: Waterfall private NR, ind. forest patch, 34°23.7’S, 19°22.6’E, 18.x.2013, P. Bulirsch lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Salmonsdam NR, forest patch, ca 34°25.4’S, 19°38.7’E, 19.x.2013, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 2 ♂: Salmonsdam NR, forest patch, ca 34°25.3’S, 19°38.9’E, 20.i.2015, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Grootvaderbosch NR, indig. forest, 33°59’S, 20°49’E, stream banks, treading, 8.xii.2009, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂, 3 ♀: Boosmanbos Wildern. area , 1100m, 33°56’S, 20°49’E, fynbos, sifting, 9.xii.2009, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♀: Marloth NR, Wamakersbos , ca 33°59.5’S, 20°28.6’E, 23.i.2020, P. Bulirsch lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♀: Fernkloof NR, below waterfall, 34°23.4’S, 19°16.1’E, 16.i.2020, P. Bulirsch lgt. (cf. det., JJRC) .

Distribution. The nominotypical subspecies is distributed in Western Cape Province, South Africa: from Table Mountains to Grootvaderbosch Natural Reserve.