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 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.2 1175-5326 11064278 A91A8D67-A81B-427D-8096-59E41326A8E3 Octavius crucialis ( Kistner, 1967 ) Figs. 16–20 , 120 , 127 Turellus crucialis Kistner, 1967: 57 , Octavius crucialis ; Puthz, 1980: 27 ; Puthz, 1986: 200 ; Herman, 2001: 1857 . Type locality. South Africa , KwaZulu-Natal Province , Maloti-Drakensberg Park , Cathedral Peak National Reserve , Ogalweni forest . Material examined ( 33 specimens ). SOUTH AFRICA , KwaZulu-Natal : 15 ♂ , 18 ♀ : Maloti-Drakensberg Park , Cathedral Peak NR , Oqualweni Fern forest ; 28°56.6ʼS, 29°11.0ʼE, 1570m , 7.i.2019 , J. Janák lgt., Berlese extraction, leaf & log litter, sifting ( TMSA , JJRC ) . Distribution. The species is known only from Ogalweni (= Oqualweni Fern) forest in Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal Province ( Fig. 120 ). 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. with the abundance of 2.1 specimens per kg of sifted material ( Fig. 127 ).