On Octavius from Maloti-Drakensberg and Golden Gate National Parks, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae) Author Janák, Jiří text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-24 5443 4 495 522 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.2 journal article 294849 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.2 1e37690a-e157-439e-ac09-6e26fdd1c4c4 1175-5326 11064278 A91A8D67-A81B-427D-8096-59E41326A8E3 Octavius adriani Janák, 2014 Figs. 1–10 , 120, 134 Octavius adriani Janák, 2014: 202 Type locality. South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal Province , Northington Forest . Material examined ( 155 specimens ). SOUTH AFRICA : KwaZulu-Natal : 77 ♂ , 78 ♀ : Maloti-Drakensberg Park , Mkomazi WA [Wilderness area], Gxalingenwa forest , 29°39.2ʼS 29°25.2ʼE, 1610 m , 15.i.2019 , J. Janák lgt., Berlese extraction, leaf & log litter, sifting (TMSA, JJRC, 2 ♂ in 96 % alcohol) . Note. Specimens from Gxalingenwa forest donʼt differ markedly from the specimens from the type locality – only the aedeagus is slightly larger (cf. Figs. 2–8 ), but with same shape of median lobe and internal structure. Distribution. The species is currently known from Northington and Gxalingenwa ( Fig. 120 ) forests in KwaZulu-Natal Province . Bionomics. All specimens were collected in siftings of forest litter in a patch of an indigenous forest at the elevation of about 1600 m a.s.l. and with the abundance 12.3 specimens per kg of sifted material ( Fig. 134 ).