''Diochus astutus'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

of the Staphylinidae family,

Staphylininae Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles (family (biology), family Staphylinidae). They contain the typical rove beetles with their long but fairly robust blunt-headed and -tipped bodies and short elytra, as well as some more unusually-shape ...

subfamily. It's found in South Africa.

References

Staphylininae Beetles described in 1906 {{Staphylinidae-stub