Sagola threekingsensis 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 : 70

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765279

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D82A3E-BD2C-1109-3CF3-FF31FE4FFAB2

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Sagola threekingsensis Park and Carlton
status

sp. nov.

Sagola threekingsensis Park and Carlton View in CoL , new species

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Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Three Kings Islands : 1♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND: TH: Tasman Valley 24 XI 1970, G. Kuschel Litter 70/210”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola threekingsensis Park and Carlton 2013 ”.

Etymology. This species is named after the type locality, Three Kings Islands.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the auripila speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: larger body, length 1.8 mm; antennomere 1 with dull surface, 2–8 subquadrate; frontal sulcus deep, reaching vertexal fovea; gular region of male head depressed transversely; shape of genitalia unique to species; only known from Three Kings Islands.

Description of Male. Length 1.8 mm. Body brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler ( Fig. 37f View Fig ). Head: Round, widest across eyes ( Fig. 37f View Fig ). Gular region of ventral surface of head depressed transversely. Antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, with dull surface, 2–8 subquadrate, 9–10 weakly transverse. Frontal sulcus deep, reaching vertexal fovea from frontal rostrum. Anterior frontal fovea round and covered by frontal rostrum, posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small, approximately one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular ( Fig. 37f View Fig ). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, as long as wide. Aedeagus: Median lobe as long as paramere, with triangular apical lobe ( Fig. 38f View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 38f View Fig ). Parameres asymmetrical, right weakly curved and divided, left rectangular ( Fig. 38f View Fig ).

Distribution. Three Kings Islands ( Fig. 40 View Fig : black square).

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

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Sagola

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