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Octavius montiumdraconis Janak, Gudu 2007

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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).

Notes

Published as part of Janák, Jiří, 2024, On Octavius from Maloti-Drakensberg and Golden Gate National Parks, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae), pp. 495-522 in Zootaxa 5443 (4) on pages 505-507, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/11064278

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Biodiversity

Collection code
TMSA, JJRC
Event date
2019-01-09
Verbatim event date
2019-01-09
Scientific name authorship
Janak, Gudu
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Octavius
Species
montiumdraconis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Octavius montiumdraconis Janak, 2007 sec. Janák, 2024

References

  • Janak, J. (2007) New species and distribution records of the genus Octavius Fauvel from South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 44, 197 - 202.