Sagola valida, Broun Desig. Park and Carlton, 2013

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 : 45

7. valida species-group

(1 species)

Diagnosis. The single member of the valida species-group can be distinguished from other Sagola species-groups by the following combination of characters: body length 3.0– 3.5 mm; antennomere 1 approximately 2.5 times longer than wide, with dull surface; anterior frontal fovea absent, posterior frontal fovea elongate ( Fig. 23c ); gular region of male head with small, transverse depression ( Fig. 23d ); eye distinctly prominent due to emarginate gena ( Fig. 23c–d ); hind wings well-developed in male, reduced to small pads in female; fore femur with semicircular depression; abdominal tergites IV–VI with discal carinae; present on South Island, not known from North Island ( Fig. 24 ).

Figures

Fig. 23. Sagola valida (valida species-group). a) Habitus, dorsal view, b) Aedeagus, dorsal view, c) Dorsal surface of male head, d) Ventral surface of male head. Scale bar a = 1 mm, b–d = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 24. Known collection localities of Sagola valida (black circles).