Octavius microps ( Kistner, 1967 )

Janák, Jiří, 2025, Overview of Octavius of Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae) with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 5737 (1), pp. 105-126 : 114

Octavius microps ( Kistner, 1967)

Figs. 32–36 , 95

Turellus microps Kistner, 1967: 55

Octavius microps ; Puthz, 1980: 37; 1986: 199; 2006: 22

Octavius microps ; Herman, 2001: 1863

Type locality. South Africa, Limpopo Province, Pietersburg [= Polokwane] District, Woodbush forest .

Material examined ( 5 specimens). SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo : 2 ♂: Nelshgoogte Forest , 25.15 S – 30.50 E, 11.2.1987, E-Y: 2447, sifting, Endrödy-Younga ( JJRC) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀: Nelshgoogte Forest , 25.15 S – 30.50 E, 5.12.1986, E-Y: 2355, sifting, Endrödy-Younga ( JJRC) .

Note. The examined specimens correspond well to the description and illustration published by Kistner (1967).

Distribution. The species is currently known from Woodbush indigenous forest in Limpopo Province and Nelshoogte and Knucklod rocks forest in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Bionomics. All examined specimens were collected in siftings of forest litter.

Figures

FIGURE 95. Distribution of Octavius in Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa.

FIGURES 32–41. 32–36. Octavius microps (Kistner), Woodbush. 37–41. Octavius morio (Kistner), Pinnacle Rock. 32, 37, habitus; 33–34, 38–39, aedeagus ventral; 35, 40, male sternite VIII; 36, 41, male sternite IX. Identical scales 0.1 mm: 33=34; 35=36; 38=39; 40=41.