Sagola unuwhaoensis 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 : 50

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4907797

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D82A3E-BD58-117D-3CFE-FBECFC48FE5C

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Carolina

scientific name

Sagola unuwhaoensis Park and Carlton
status

sp. nov.

Sagola unuwhaoensis Park and Carlton View in CoL , new species

( Figs. 25c, 25f View Fig , 26 View Fig )

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Northland: 1♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND, ND Unuwhao, 270m, 25 Nov 1982 G. Kuschel ” “sifted litter and decayed wood 82/125”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola unuwhaoensis Park and Carlton 2013 ”.

Etymology. This species is named after the type locality, Unuwhao, Northland.

Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.

Description of Male. Length 2.8 mm. Body reddish brown, antennae, elytra, legs, and maxillary palpi paler ( Fig. 25c View Fig ). Head: Transverse, widest across temples ( Fig. 25c View Fig ). Antennomeres 2–3 subquadrate, 4–6 longer than wide, 7–10 subquadrate. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum weakly transverse, widest at midpoint. Elytra rectangular ( Fig. 25c View Fig ). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, as long as wide. Aedeagus: Median lobe slender, slightly shorter than parameres ( Fig. 25f View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 25f View Fig ). Parameres symmetrical with dense setae along midline and thick setae apically ( Fig. 25f View Fig ).

Distribution. Northland ( Fig. 26 View Fig : black square).

Habitat. The holotype and only known specimen of this species was collected by sifting leaf litter and decayed wood.

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

NEW

University of Newcastle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Sagola

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