Stenus separatus L. Benick, 1933

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 : 337

Stenus separatus L. Benick, 1933

Type locality. South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Grahamstown .

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: 2 ♂: Assegaaibosch NR, pond, 33°58.0’S, 18°55.4’E, 11.ii.2012, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Wilderness section of Garden Route NP, Duiwerivier , 6.ii.2012, 33°59.1’S, 22°39.0’E, stream banks, treading, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 2 ♂: Wilderness section of Garden Route NP, Duiwerivier , 23.ii.2014, 33°59.1’S, 22°39.0’E, stream banks, treading, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Wilderness section of Garden Route NP, 33°59.1’S, 22°40.4’E, Bo-Langvlei lake nr. Malachit bird hide, 6.ii.2012, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂: Bot river nr R43 bridge, 34°18.7’S, 19°8.8’E, 17+ 18.x.2013, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 3 ♂: same data, but 21.i.2015 ( JJRC) ; 3 ♂, 2 ♀: Bot river, bridge on Hwy N 2, pr. Botrivier , 34°14’S, 19°12’E treading, 10.xii.2009, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 2 ♀: Bot river nr Hwy N 2 bridge, pr. Botrivier , 34°14.2’S, 19°12.9’E, 17.x.2013, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂, 2 ♀: same data, but 24.ii.2014, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀: Diep river, bridge on Hwy N 9, pr. Molenrivier , 33°45’S, 22°57’E, treading, 4.xii.2009, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♀: Kleinmond , river banks, 34°21’S, 19°01’E, treading, 12.xii.2009, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♀: Riviersonderend Mts. , W of Riviersonderend, nr small creek, 34°7.3’S, 19°52.1’E, 200m, 11.x.2017, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂, 2 #: Klawer , river banks, 31°46.6’S, 18°37.1’E, 8.x.2017, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 2 ♀: Marloth NR, Koringlandsrivier banks, 33°59.9’S, 20°27.2–4’E, 25–27.x.2019, P. Bulirsch lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀: South Africa , Western Cape, Swellendam env., dam 2, banks, 34°0.2’S, 20°22.15’E, 22.i.2020, P. Bulirsch lgt. ( JJRC) ; Eastern Cape: 2 ♀: env. of pond nr. Tsitsikamma Cottage , 33°59.6’S, 24°4.8’E, 18–20.x.2017, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♀: 8km N of Alexandria, pond nr. rd. to Salem , 33°35’S, 26°23’E, 5.xii.2006, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; KwaZulu-Natal: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park, 1880m, 29°17.3’S, 29°36.0’E, Highmoor NR, Caracal cave env., 1.i.2018, P. Bulirsch & M. Těšínský lgt. ( JJRC) ; 5 ♂: N borders of Himeville NR, 1560m, 29°44.7’S, 29°31.3’E, swamp, 13.i.2019, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) ; 1 ♂, 5 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park , 1420m, 29°2.6’S, 29°24.2’E, Monk´s Cowl, pond banks, 6.i.2019, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC) .

Distribution. The species is recorded from South Africa only (Eastern Cape, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces).