Octavius endroedyanus Puthz, 1986 Figs. 21–28, 120, 125–127 Octavius endroedyanus Puthz, 1986: 190; Herman, 2001: 1858. Type locality. South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Cathedral Peak National Reserve. Material examined (89 specimens). SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 5 ♂, 11 ♀: 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 (JJRC); 6 ♂, 3 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Royal Natal NR, Devilʼs Hoek, 28°42.7ʼS, 28°55.4ʼE, 1620m, 10.i.2019, J. Janák lgt., Berlese extraction, leaf & log litter, sifting (TMSA, JJRC); 22 ♂, 15 ♀: 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, 1 ♂ in 96 % alcohol); 13 ♂, 4 ♀: Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Cathedral Peak NR, Rainbow Gorge, 28°57.6ʼS, 29°13.4ʼE, 1500m, 4.i.2019, J. Janák lgt., Berlese extraction, leaf & log litter, sifting (TMSA, JJRC); 4 ♂, 6 ♀: Cathedral Peaks Forest Station, 17.xii.1979, podocarp forest, rotted stump Cussonia spicata, S. & J. Peck (FMNH). Distribution. The species was described from Cathedral Peak and is surprisingly not distributed only in Cathedral Peak NR forests (Rainbow gorge, Oqualweni Fern forest), but also in forests in Royal Natal NR (Gudu forest, Devilʼs Hoek, Fig. 120). Bionomics. All specimens were collected in siftings of forest litter in patches of indigenous forests at the elevation of about 1500–1700 m a.s.l. (Figs. 124–127, the abundance of specimens per kg of sifted material: 1.0 in Gudu forest, 0.7 in Devilʼs Hoek, 2.3 in Oqualweni Fern forest and 0.9 in Rainbow gorge).

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 499-501, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/11064278