Sagola angulifera Broun, 1911

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 : 131-132

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765361

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scientific name

Sagola angulifera Broun, 1911
status

 

Sagola angulifera Broun, 1911 View in CoL

( Figs. 68d View Fig , 69d View Fig , 70d View Fig , 71 View Fig )

Sagola angulifera Broun, 1911: 491 View in CoL . Hudson 1923: 365, 1934: 183; Raffray 1924: 232; Newton and Thayer 2005b; Nomura and Leschen 2006: 241.

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Taupo : 1♂ ( BMNH), glued on rectangular card, “Type” [red label, printed]; “3363.” [white label, handwritten]; “New Zealand Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482.” [white label, printed]; “Waimarino. Jany 1909.” [white label, handwritten]; “ Sagola ♂ angulifer” [white label, handwritten].

Additional Material (n = 19: 10 males; 9 females). NEW ZEALAND: Wellington : 2♂♂ 4♀♀, Nikau Res, Paraparaumu , 11 VI 1988, J. Nunn ; 4♂♂ 2♀♀, Nikau Res, Paraparaumu , 2 VII 1988, J. Nunn ; 2♂♂, Nikau Res, Paraparaumu , 23 VII 1988, J. Nunn ; 1♂, Nikau Res, Paraparaumu , 1 V 1988, J. Nunn, leaf litter ; 1♀, Nikau Res, Paraparaumu , 8 V 1988, J. Nunn ; 2♀♀, Nikau Res, Paraparaumu , 25 IV 1988, J. Nunn ; Taranaki: 1♂ , Potaema Walk, Mt. Egmont , 9 XII 1995, J. Nunn, forest litter .

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the insignis speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: body length 2.3–2.7 mm; temporal lobe of male head distinctly projecting, exceeding eye, with concave ventral surface; ventral surface of male head with transverse process behind mouthparts with three patches of long and dense setae medially; male elytra rectangular, female elytra subquadrate; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species.

Redescription. Length 2.3–2.7 mm. Body brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler ( Fig. 68d View Fig ). Head: Male head triangular, widest across temples ( Fig. 69d View Fig ). Female head bluntly triangular, widest across eyes. Antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, 2 longer than wide, 3 subquadrate, 4–7 longer than wide, 8–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep, reaching end of eye. Anterior frontal fovea round, partially covered by frontal rostrum, posterior frontal fovea round. Eye prominent, approximately one-third length of temple. Temporal lobe of male head distinctly projecting, exceeding eye, with concave ventral surface ( Fig. 69d View Fig ). Ventral surface of male head with transverse process behind mouthparts with 3 patches of long, dense setae medially ( Fig. 69d View Fig ). Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at one-third length. Male elytra rectangular ( Fig. 68d View Fig ), female elytra subquadrate. Male meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide, female as long as wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV with pair of small, round patches of microtrichia, patches absent in female. Aedeagus: Median lobe of genitalia broad, with pair of triangular processes apically ( Fig. 70d View Fig ). Apical lobe with semicircular depression apically ( Fig. 70d View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded. Parameres symmetrical and slender, setose from midpoints to apices ( Fig. 70d View Fig ).

Type locality. Waimarino , Taupo, New Zealand .

Distribution. Taranaki, Taupo, Wellington ( Fig. 71 View Fig : stars).

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

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Sagola

Loc

Sagola angulifera Broun, 1911

Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E. 2014
2014
Loc

Sagola angulifera

Hudson 1934: 183
Raffray 1924: 232
Hudson 1923: 365
Broun 1911: 491
1911
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