Sagola butcherae 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 : 35-36

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765255

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D82A3E-BD4B-116F-3E86-FBECFDCEFC3E

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Carolina

scientific name

Sagola butcherae Park and Carlton
status

sp. nov.

Sagola butcherae Park and Carlton View in CoL , new species

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Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Taupo: 1♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND TO Waituhi Saddle 16 Nov 1983 C.F. Butcher ”, “Leaf litter, moss and rotten wood 83/112”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola butcherae Park and Carlton 2013 . Paratype (1 male). NEW ZEALAND: Gisborne : 1♂ ( FMNH) , Urewera N.P., Waikaremoana Rd., S end Matanunui Ridge , 720m, 38″44.404′S, 177″05.806′E, 22 XII 2005, mixed broadleaf (incl. Nothofagus fusca )-podocarp, FMHD#2005-118 , berl., leaf & log litter, M. Thayer, A. Solodovnikov, ANMT site 1149 .

Etymology. This species is named for the collector of the holotype, Clare F. Butcher.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the baiknami speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: smaller body, length 2.3–2.8 mm; male head bluntly triangular, widest across temples, ventral temporal lobe flat; male mid-femur weakly depressed at base and mid-tibia bent; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species.

Description of Male. L e n g t h 2.3– 2.8 m m. Body brown, antenna, elytra, legs, and maxillary palpi paler ( Fig. 15c View Fig ). Head: Bluntly triangular, widest across temples, ventral temporal lobe flat ( Fig. 15c View Fig ). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–7 subquadrate, 8–10 weakly transverse. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching midpoint of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea round. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye large and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra rectangular ( Fig. 15c View Fig ). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Male mid-femur weakly depressed at base. Male mid-tibia bent. Abdomen: Tergite IV with pair of oval or transverse patches of microtrichia. Aedeagus: Median lobe blunt ( Fig. 16c View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular ( Fig. 16c View Fig ). Parameres asymmetrical, left paramere L-shaped, right paramere with thick setae apically ( Fig. 16c View Fig ).

Distribution. Gisborne, Taupo ( Fig. 17 View Fig : black squares).

Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf, moss, rotten wood, and log litter in broadleaf and podocarp forests.

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubFamily

Pselaphinae

SuperTribe

Faronitae

Genus

Sagola

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