New species and subspecies of Octavius from South Africa, with a key and additional distribution records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae)

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195–231

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JANÁK, Jiří . New species and subspecies of Octavius from South Africa, with a key and additional distribution records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2014, 54(1), 195–231. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/54-1/new-species-and-subspecies-of-octavius-from-south-africa-with-a-key-and-additional-distribution-records-coleoptera-staphylinidae-euaesthetinae

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2014/54/1

Fourteen species and two subspecies of the genus Octavius Fauvel, 1873 from the Republic of South Africa are described as new: Octavius acutipenis sp. nov., O. adriani sp. nov., O. bicurvatus sp. nov., O. bulirschi sp. nov., O. dorsumsuis sp. nov., O. kogelbergensis sp. nov., O. mikhaili sp. nov., O. mostovskii sp. nov., O. muellerae sp. nov., O. multisetosus sp. nov., O. ndumu sp. nov., O. sarkae sp. nov., O. sarkae ntsubane subsp. nov., O. sarkae xhosa subsp. nov., O. vulturensis sp. nov. and O. zulu sp. nov. Additional distribution records and updated and completed key to South African species of Octavius with transverse pronotum are presented.

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