Sagola punctulata Raffray, 1893

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 : 92

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765301
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scientific name	Sagola punctulata Raffray, 1893
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Sagola punctulata Raffray, 1893 View in CoL

( Figs. 52b, 52h, 52o–p View Fig , 53 View Fig )

Sagola punctulata Raffray, 1893: 21 View in CoL . Raffray 1904: 497, 1911: 5, 1924: 231; Hudson 1923: 365, 1934: 183; Newton and Thayer 2005b; Nomura and Leschen 2006: 243.

Type Material. Two of three syntypes. NEW ZEALAND: Nelson : 2♂ ♀ ( MNHN) , glued on rectangular card, “Nov. Zea”, “ MP Type punctulata AR ”.

Additional Material (n = 20: 16 males; 4 females). NEW ZEALAND: Buller : 1♂, 18km n Punakaiki , 80m, 19 XII 1984 – 20 I 1985, hdwd-nikau forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 718, litter ; 3♂♂, Tawhai SF, 6 III 1972, J. McBurney, litter 72/125 ; 1♂, Tawhai SF, 6 III 1972, J.S. Dugdale, litter 72/121 ; Nelson: 1♂, Kongahu , XI 1980, J. Jones, Malaise trap near swamp ; 1♂ (slide-mounted), 0.6km e Gowanbrige , 330m, 18 XII 1984 – 7 I 1985, Nothofagus forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 717, FIT & window trap ; Westland: 5 ♂ ♂ 1♀ (1♂, s l i d e -m o u n t e d), 1.5km n Punakaiki , 50m, 19 XII 1984 – 20 I 1985, hdwd-nikau forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 720, FIT & window trap ; 2♂♂ 1♀, 1.8km n Punakaiki , 80m, 19 XII 1984 – 20 I 1985, hdwdnikau forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 718, FIT & window trap ; 1♂ 1♀, 1.8km n Punakaiki , 50m, 19 XII 1984 – 20 I 1985, hdwd-podo-nikau forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 719, window trap ; 1♂, Okuku Scen Res , 2 VIII 1981, R. M. Emberson, litter LUNZ 81 View Materials /6 ; 1♀, Lake Kaniere , 6 II 1984, J.C. Watt, dead tree fern .

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the furcata speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: antennomeres 4–7 longer than wide; frontal sulcus inverted Y-shaped; eye prominent, approximately one-third length of temple; male abdominal ventrites V–VI weakly depressed medially and surrounded by dense setae; shape of genitalia unique to species.

Redescription. Length 1.9–2.2 mm. Body reddish brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler ( Fig. 52b View Fig ). Head: Weakly transverse, widest across eyes ( Fig. 52o View Fig ). Ventral surface of male head with inverted triangular process bearing dense setae behind mouthparts ( Fig. 52p View Fig ). 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 inverted Y-shaped ( Fig. 52o View Fig ). Anterior frontal fovea rectangular, covered by frontal rostrum ( Fig. 52o View Fig ), posterior frontal fovea absent ( Fig. 52o View Fig ). Eye prominent, approximately onethird length of temple ( Fig. 52p View Fig ). Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra rectangular ( Fig. 52b View Fig ). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Tergite IV with pair of transverse patches of microtrichia reaching middle. Male abdominal ventrites V–VI weakly depressed on middle with dense setae. Aedeagus: Median lobe of genitalia slender and twisted ( Fig. 52h View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 52h View Fig ). Parameres symmetrical with serrate outer edge of apical lobe and setae inside ( Fig. 52h View Fig ).

Type Locality. “ New Zealand ” (specific locality unknown).

Distribution. Buller, Nelson, Westland ( Fig. 53 View Fig : triangles).

Habitat. Most specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept and window traps or by sifting leaf litter in hardwood, nikau, podocarp, or Nothofagus forests. One specimen was collected from dead tree ferns.