Stenosagola ramsayi Park and Carlton

Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2013, A Revision of the New Zealand GenusStenosagolaBroun, 1921 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 67 (3), pp. 335-359 : 344-345

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-67.3.335

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459160

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03933A62-FFCD-7603-75F5-A2CF54546D03

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scientific name

Stenosagola ramsayi Park and Carlton
status

sp. nov.

Stenosagola ramsayi Park and Carlton View in CoL , new species

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: TARANAKI ( TK): ♂ (winged male), “New Zealand: TK: Mt. Messenger , 182m 23 I 1972, G.W. Ramsay Litter 72/66”, “ HOLOTYPE Stenosagola ramsayi Park and Carlton des. 2013” . Paratypes (n = 11: 7 males, 4 females). NEW ZEALAND: NELSON ( NN) : 1♂, Gouland Downs , 792m, Heaphy Tk., 5 II 1966, J.I. Townsend, Moss 66/66 ( NZAC) ; TARANAKI ( TK) : 2♂♂ 4♀♀ (1♂ 1♀, slide-mounted), same data as holotype ( NZAC) . 1♂, Pouakia Hump , 1220m, 3 XII 1975, A.K. Walker, Moss 75/211 ( NZAC) ; 1♂, Hump Plateau , 1220m, Pouakai Ra., 3 XII 1975, J.S. Dugdale, litter 75/199 ( NZAC) ; WELLINGTON ( WN) : 1♂ (slide-mounted), Balance Bridge , 18 I 1959, R. A. Cumber ( NZAC) ; 1♂, W Lk Wairarapa Res., 15 VII 1995, decayed Nothofagus, J.T. Nunn.

Etymology. This species is named for the collector of the holotype, G. W. Ramsay.

Diagnosis. S pe c i m e n s o f S. r am sa y i a r e similar in appearance to those of S. gracilis , S. pseudogracilis , S. clarkei , S. domettensis , and S. eylesi but can be distinguished by the shape of the male genitalia ( Fig. 4d View Fig ). Members of this species can be separated from those of S. egmontensis and S. stewartensis by the glossy dorsal surface of the head ( Fig. 1j–l View Fig ).

Description. Length 1.6–1.7 mm ( Fig. 1j–l View Fig ). Head: Winged male head approximately 1.46 times, wingless male 1.36 times, female 1.39 times longer than wide. Winged male eye approximately 1.06 times, wingless male 0.69 times, female 0.59 times as long as temple. Winged male antennomere 3 subquadrate, 4 longer than wide, 5–6 subquadrate, 7 transverse. Wingless male antennomere 3 subquadrate, 4 slightly longer than wide, 5–6 subquadrate, 7 slightly transverse. Female antennomere 3–4 subquadrate, 5–7 transverse. Thorax: Pronotum approximately 1.05 times longer than wide. Winged male elytra approximately 1.75 times, wingless male and female 1.26 times longer than pronotum. Winged male meso- and metaventrites trapezoidal, approximately 1.54, wingless male 1.17 times, female 1.12 times longer than pronotum. Aedeagus: Left apical lobe of male genitalia equal in width and shorter than right ( Fig. 4d View Fig ). Left paramere broader than right, setae present anteriorly ( Fig. 4d View Fig ).

Distribution. Wellington (WN), New Zealand ( Fig. 5 View Fig , black squares).

Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf or moss litter.

TK

Tomsk State University

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Stenosagola

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