Sagola townsendi Park and Carlton

Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) 68, pp. 1-156 : 81-82

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765169

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D82A3E-BD39-111D-3E86-FAB0FDA0FC3E

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Sagola townsendi Park and Carlton
status

sp. nov.

Sagola townsendi Park and Carlton View in CoL , new species

( Figs. 45c, 45i View Fig , 46 View Fig )

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: South Canterbury: 1♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ New Zealand: SC: Mt. Dalgety, 1737m 19 I 1966, G.W. Ramsay J.I. Townsend, moss 66/36”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola townsendi Park and Carlton 2013 ”.

Etymology. This species is named for one of the collectors of the holotype, James I. Townsend.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the anisarthra species-group by the following combination of characters: body length 2.8 mm; antennomeres 4–11 bearing tubercles; frontal sulcus shallow, reaching midpoint of eye; anterior frontal fovea round partially covered by frontal rostrum, posterior frontal fovea oval; eye large and prominent, one-half length of temple; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species.

Description of Male. Length 2.8 mm. Body reddish brown and antenna, elytra, legs, and maxillary palpi paler ( Fig. 45c View Fig ). Head: Round, widest across eyes ( Fig. 45c View Fig ). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–10 subquadrate, 4–11 bearing tubercles. Frontal sulcus shallow, reaching midpoint of eye. Anterior frontal fovea round, partially covered by frontal rostrum, posterior frontal fovea oval. Eye large and prominent, one-half length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at one-third. Elytra rectangular ( Fig. 45c View Fig ). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Tergite IV with pair of oval or transverse weak patches of microtrichia. Aedeagus: Median lobe broad with triangular apical lobe ( Fig. 45i View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 45i View Fig ). Parameres symmetrical and long with setae apically ( Fig. 45i View Fig ).

Distribution. South Canterbury ( Fig. 46 View Fig : black square).

Habitat. The holotype was collected in moss.

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Sagola

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