Octavius ocellifer Puthz, 2006

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 : 116

Octavius ocellifer Puthz, 2006

Figs. 42–45 , 95

Octavius ocellifer Puthz, 2006: 9

Type locality. South Africa, Limpopo Province, Soutpansberg .

Type material examined. Paratype ♂: “ S. Afr., N Transvaal / Southpansbg Hanglip / 23.02 S – 29.47 E ”, “ 14.3.1973; E-Y: 50 / sifted compost / leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, “ S. Afr. No 50, leg. Endrödy-Younga ”, “ ♂ — Paratypus (top side) Puthz, 2005 (bottom side)” [yellow], “ Octavius / ocellifer sp.n. / det. Puthz 2005” ( JJRC) .

Additional material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo: 1 ♀: L. Trichardt, Hanglip, 23.00 S – 29.54 E, 22.4.1976, E-Y: 1142, standing dead tree, leg. Endrödy-Younga ( JJRC) .

Distribution. The species is currently known from a few places in Soutpansberg Mts. in Limpopo Province ( Fig. 95 ), South Africa. A male paratype was recorded also from Western Cape, Outenikwa Pass, which is far away of Soutpansberg Mts. and based on my experience with the distribution of Octavius species in South Africa, I consider this record erroneous, based probably on mislabelled specimen.

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

FIGURES 42–50. 42–45. Octavius ocellifer Puthz, Hanglip, paratype. 46–50. Octavius pinnaculus Janák, sp. nov., 46–47, 49–50, holotype; 48, paratype. 42, 46, habitus; 43, 47–48, aedeagus ventral; 44, 49, male sternite VIII; 45, 50, male sternite IX. Identical scales 0.1 mm: 44=45; 47=48; 49=50.