Sagola mercuryensis Park and Carlton
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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765377 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D82A3E-BDE0-11C6-3E93-FB57FCEAFD8C |
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Carolina |
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Sagola mercuryensis Park and Carlton |
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sp. nov. |
Sagola mercuryensis Park and Carlton View in CoL , new species
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Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Coromandel : 1♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND CL Mercury Is Green I 11– 23 Dec 1987 G. Hall ”, “ Pit traps under Coprosma ”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola mercuryensis Park and Carlton 2013 ” . Paratypes (n = 151: 70 males; 81 females). NEW ZEALAND: Coromandel : 12♂♂ ( NZAC) , same data as holotype ( NZAC) ; 2♂♂ 3♀♀ ( NZAC) , Ohena I, 25 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/236; 2♂♂ 1♀ ( NZAC) , Ohena I, Koruenga I, 27 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/247; 3♂♂ 1♀ ( NZAC) , Ohena I, G.W. Ramsay, 25 XI 1972, litter 72/233; 13♂♂ 20♀♀ ( NZAC) , Ohena I, 25 XI 1972, S.W. Ramsay, litter 72/235; 3♂♂ 1♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Korapuke I, 28 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/249 ; 4♂♂ 3♀♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Stanley I, 24 XI 1972, G. Ramsay, litter 72/225 ; 4♂♂ 4♀♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Middle I, 21 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/214 ; 3♂♂ 14♀♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Middle I, 21 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/212 ; 1♂ 3♀♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Stanley I, 23 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, 72/220 ; 2♂♂ 1♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Korapuke I, 28 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/254 ; 1♂ 1♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Korapuka I, 28 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/253 ; 1♂ 1♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, 24 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/227 ; 1♂ 1♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Korapuke I, 28 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/252 ; 1♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Korapuke I, 28 XI 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/249 ; 6♂♂ 6♀♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Korapuki I, 16 XII 1987, G. Hall, rotten wood litter ; 6♂♂ 13♀♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Middle I, 19 II 1984, G. Hall, litter ; 3♂♂ 3♀♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Middle I, 20 X 1983, I. Southey, litter ; 1♂ 1♀ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Middle I, 16–19 II 1984, G. Hall, pit trap ; 1♂ ( NZAC), Mercury I, Middle I, 23 XII 1987, G. Hall, litter ; 1♂ 3♀♀ ( AMNZ), Ohinau I, 5 XII 2000, C. McGuinness, pit trap .
Etymology. This species is named after the type locality, Mercury Island, Coromandel.
Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the insignis speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: body length 2.3–2.6 mm; temporal lobe of male head distinctly projecting, exceeding eye, with flattened ventral surface; ventral surface of male head with transverse process behind mouthparts and round depression bearing three patches of dense setae; elytra subquadrate; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species; only known from Coromandel of North Island.
Description. Length 2.3–2.6 mm. Body brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler ( Fig. 68l View Fig ). Head: Male head triangular, widest across temples ( Fig. 69l View Fig ). Female head bluntly triangular, widest across eyes. Antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, 2–3 subquadrate, 4–5 longer than wide, 6–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep, reaching midpoint of eye. Anterior frontal fovea round, partially covered by frontal rostrum, posterior frontal fovea round. Eye large and prominent, approximately one-half length of temple. Temporal lobe of male head distinctly projecting, exceeding eye, with flattened ventral surface ( Fig. 69l View Fig ). Ventral surface of male head with transverse process behind mouthparts and round depression bearing 3 patches of dense setae ( Fig. 69l View Fig ). Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at one-third length. Elytra subquadrate ( Fig. 68l View Fig ). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, 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 rectangular ( Fig. 70l View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 70l View Fig ). Parameres symmetrical and slender with setae at apex and 1seta at midpoint ( Fig. 70l View Fig ).
Distribution. Coromandel ( Fig. 72 View Fig : white squares).
Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected using pitfall traps or by sifting moss, wood, or leaf litter.
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