New species and subspecies of Octavius from South Africa, with a key and additional distribution records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae) Author Janák, JiĜí text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2014 2014-04-30 54 1 195 231 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5299545 0374-1036 5299545 D94600BD-1221-47B6-9C70-BA8C82B74CEC Octavius ruthae Janák, 2007 Octavius ruthae Janák, 2007: 200 Type locality. South Africa , Eastern Cape , Mbotyi Forest. Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA : EASTERN CAPE: Transkei , Ntsubane Forest Station , 31.27 S29.44 E , indigenous forest litter, 25.xi.1977 , E-Y: 2537, leg. Endrödy-Younga , 593373 ♀♀ ( TMSA , JJRC ) ; same data, but: forest floor litter, 6.xii.1988 , E-Y: 2599, 73326 ♀♀ ( TMSA , JJRC ) ; same data, but: fungous logs, 6.xii.1988 , E-Y: 2600, 13( JJRC ) ; same data, but: forest floor litter, 25.xi.1988 , E-Y: 2579, 393340 ♀♀ ( TMSA , JJRC ) ; same data, but: 24.xi.1988 , rotten Cussonia fruit, E-Y: 2577, 43 ( TMSA ) . Variability. Aedeagus of the studied specimens is identical with types (see Fig. 8 in JANÁK 2007 ). Median impressions on the disc of the head is very shallow and rounded, not longitudinal as in O. rostrifer Puthz, 1968 or O. ndumu sp. nov. For this reason, O. ruthae should be placed in the key in the proximity of O. microps ( Kistner, 1967 ) and not of O. rostrifer Puthz, 1986 , as previously done by JANÁK (2007) . Distribution. Octavius ruthae has been recorded only from Mbotyi and Ntsubane Forest.