Stenosagola connata (Broun, 1911)

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 : 346

connata group

Diagnosis. Body length 1.1–1.5 mm ( Figs. 6–7 ); head with cylindrical frontal sulcus, closed anteriorly ( Figs. 8d–f , 10g , 12g ); prosternum as long as wide ( Fig. 8g ); mesoventrites with promesocoxal foveae ( Fig. 8h ); abdominal tergite and ventrite VI distinctly larger than V and VII ( Fig. 8k–l ); most male genitalia with simple median lobe ( Figs. 8p , 10a, 10e–f , 12a–f ) but some shallow bifid ( Fig. 10b–d ).

Figures

Fig. 6. Habitus of Stenosagola species, dorsal view. a) Winged male of S. connata, b) Wingless male of S. connata, c) Female of S. connata, d) Winged male of S. huiaensis, e) Female of S. huiaensis, f) Winged male of S. northlandensis, g) Wingless male of S. northlandensis, h) Female of S. northlandensis, i) Winged male of S. thayerae, j) Wingless male of S. thayerae, k) Female of S. thayerae, l) Winged male of S. dugdalei, m) Wingless male of S. dugdalei. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 7. Habitus of Stenosagola species, dorsal view. a) Wingless male of S. tararuaensis, b) Female of S. tararuaensis, c) Wingless male of S. haunuiensis, d) Winged male of S. pseudoconnata, e) Wingless male of S. pseudoconnata, f) Wingless male of S. chandleri, g) Female of S. chandleri, h) Winged male of S. nunni, i) Wingless male of S. nunni, j) Female of S. nunni, k) Wingless male of S. newtoni, l) Winged male of S. butcheri, m) Wingless male of S. butcheri, n) Wingless male of S. fiordlandensis, o) Female of S. fiordlandensis. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 8. Stenosagola connata. a) Winged male antenna, dorsal view, b) Wingless male antenna, dorsal view, c) Female antenna, dorsal view, d) Winged male head, dorsal view, e) Wingless male head, dorsal view, f) Female head, dorsal view, g) Prothorax, ventral view, h) Meso- and metaventrites, ventral view, i) Winged male elytra, dorsal view, j) Wingless male elytra, dorsal view, k) Wingled male abdomen, dorsal view, l) Wingless male abdomen, dorsal view, m) Abdominal tergite VIII, dorsal view, n) Abdominal ventrite VIII, ventral view, o) Winged male hind-coxa, ventral view, p) Aedeagus, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 10. Stenosagola species. a) S. huiaensis, aedeagus, dorsal view, b) S. northlandensis, aedeagus, dorsal view, c) S. thayerae, aedeagus, dorsal view, d) S. dugdalei, aedeagus, dorsal view, e) S. tararuaensis, aedeagus, dorsal view, f) S. haunuiensis, aedeagus, dorsal view, g) S. haunuiensis, wingless male head, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 12. Stenosagola species. a) S. pseudoconnata, aedeagus, dorsal view, b) S. chandleri, aedeagus, dorsal view, c) S. nunni, aedeagus, dorsal view, d) S. newtoni, aedeagus, dorsal view, e) S. butcheri, aedeagus, dorsal view, f) S. fiordlandensis, aedeagus, dorsal view, g) S. fiordlandensis, wingless male head, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.1 mm.