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).

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