Sagola boudreauxae 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 : 142

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765389

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D82A3E-BDE4-11C1-3CD2-FBCAFC79FB64

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Sagola boudreauxae Park and Carlton
status

sp. nov.

Sagola boudreauxae Park and Carlton View in CoL , new species

( Figs. 68q View Fig , 69q View Fig , 70q View Fig , 73 View Fig )

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ ( NZAC), “ NEW ZEALAND BP Rurima Rocks 23 Nov 1983 I. McFadden Litter (3B)”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola boudreauxae Park and Carlton 2013 . Paratype (n = 26: 7 males; 19 females). NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty : 3♂♂ 8♀♀ ( NZAC), same data as holotype ; 1♂ ( NZAC), Rurima Rocks , 21 V 1986, I. McFadden, 86/9 ; 3♂♂ ( NZAC), Rurima Rocks , 23 XI 1983, I. McFadden, litter ; 5♀♀ ( NZAC), Rurima Rocks , 7 X 1983, I. McFadden, litter ; 5♀♀ ( NZAC), Rurima Rocks , 9 VII 1987, I. McFadden, litter 87/16 ; 1♀ ( NZAC), Rurima Rocks , 19 IV 1985, I. McFadden, litter 85/38 .

Etymology. This species is named for one of the enthusiastic supporters of this study, Bonnie Boudreaux. She was a member of the first author’ s PhD advisory committee and provided valuable advice during this study, a major component of his dissertation.

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 projecting, slightly exceeding eye and with weakly concave ventral surface; ventral surface of male head with triangular setose process behind mouthparts; elytra subquadrate; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species; known from Bay of Plenty.

Description. Length 2.3–2.6 mm. Body brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler ( Fig. 68q View Fig ). Head: Male head triangular, widest across temples ( Fig. 69q View Fig ). Female head bluntly triangular, widest across eyes. Antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, 2 longer than wide, 3 subquadrate, 4–6 longer than wide, 7–10 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-third length of temple. Temporal lobe of male head projecting, slightly exceeding eye, with weakly concave ventral surface ( Fig. 69q View Fig ). Ventral surface of male head with triangular setose process behind mouthparts ( Fig. 69q View Fig ). Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at one-third length. Elytra subquadrate ( Fig. 68q View Fig ). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, as long as wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV with pair of transverse patches of microtrichia reaching middle, patches absent in female. Aedeagus: Median lobe of genitalia broad, with pair of small triangular processes apically, apical lobe with flat margin ( Fig. 70q View Fig ). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded ( Fig. 70q View Fig ). Parameres symmetrical and slender, sparsely setose from midpoints to apices ( Fig. 70q View Fig ).

Distribution. Bay of Plenty ( Fig. 73 View Fig : white circle).

Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf litter.

NZAC

New Zealand Arthropod Collection

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

SubFamily

Pselaphinae

SuperTribe

Faronitae

Genus

Sagola

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