Sagola tekoauensis 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 : 30-31

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765073

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D82A3E-BD74-1152-3EE8-FCDCFE78FEEF

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Sagola tekoauensis Park and Carlton
status

sp. nov.

Sagola tekoauensis Park and Carlton View in CoL , new species

( Figs. 11i View Fig , 12i View Fig , 14 View Fig )

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND, BP Te Koau, 140m Twin Puriri’ s 31 Jan 1993 J.S. Dugdale ”, “Litter 93/10”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola tekoauensis Park and Carlton 2013 . Paratype (1 female). NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty : 1♀ ( NZAC), same data as holotype .

Etymology. This species is named after the type locality, Te Koau, Bay of Plenty.

Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.

Description. Length 2.5–2.8 mm. Body brown, antennae and maxillary palpi paler, legs and elytra yellowish brown ( Fig. 11i View Fig ). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes ( Fig. 11i View Fig ). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–4 subquadrate, 5–10 transverse. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching hind-point of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea an inverted triangle. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular ( Fig. 11i View Fig ). Meso-and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without microtrichial patch. Aedeagus: Median lobe shorter than left paramere, apical lobe simple ( Fig. 12i View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular ( Fig. 12i View Fig ). Parameres asymmetrical, left paramere triangular, right broad and round depression apicolaterally ( Fig. 12i View Fig ).

Distribution. Bay of Plenty ( Fig. 14 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

SubFamily

Pselaphinae

SuperTribe

Faronitae

Genus

Sagola

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