Octavius crucialis ( Kistner, 1967 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11074165 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87B7-E95A-FFF5-F2CF-FC6BFAE9FA28 |
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Octavius crucialis ( Kistner, 1967 ) |
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Octavius crucialis ( Kistner, 1967) View in CoL
Figs. 16–20 View FIGURES 16–28 , 120 View FIGURES 113–121 , 127 View FIGURES 122–127
Turellus crucialis Kistner, 1967: 57 View in CoL ,
Octavius crucialis View in CoL ; Puthz, 1980: 27; Puthz, 1986: 200; Herman, 2001: 1857.
Type locality. South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal Province, Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Cathedral Peak National Reserve, Ogalweni forest .
Material examined (33 specimens). SOUTH AFRICA, KwaZulu-Natal: 15 ♂, 18 ♀: 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) .
Distribution. The species is known only from Ogalweni (= Oqualweni Fern) forest in Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal Province ( Fig. 120 View FIGURES 113–121 ).
Bionomics. All specimens were collected in siftings of forest litter in a patch of an indigenous forest at the elevation of about 1600 m a.s.l. with the abundance of 2.1 specimens per kg of sifted material ( Fig. 127 View FIGURES 122–127 ).
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Euaesthetinae |
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Octavius crucialis ( Kistner, 1967 )
Janák, Jiří 2024 |
Octavius crucialis
Herman, L. H. 2001: 1857 |
Puthz, V. 1986: 200 |
Puthz, V. 1980: 27 |
Turellus crucialis
Kistner, D. H. 1967: 57 |