Sagola genalis, Broun, 1881

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 : 147

29. genalis species-group

(1 species)

Diagnosis. The single member of the genalis species-group can be distinguished from other Sagola species by the following combination of characters: body length 2.1–2.3 mm; antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide; male head triangular, widest across temples ( Fig. 75d ) and female head bluntly triangular, widest across eyes; posterior frontal fovea large round, as large as eye ( Fig. 75d ); temple of male head depressed and projecting ventrally, exceeding eye ( Fig. 75d ); male neck ventrally with round depression with dense setae anteriorly ( Fig. 75e : arrow); abdominal tergites IV–VI with discal carinae; median lobe of genitalia elongate, as wide as paramere ( Fig. 75b–c ).

Figures

Fig. 75. Sagola genalis (genalis species-group). a) Habitus, dorsal view, b) Aedeagus, dorsal view, c) Aedeagus, lateral view, d) Dorsal surface of male head, e) Ventral surface of male head (arrow indicates round depression with dense setae). Scale bar a = 1 mm, b–e = 0.1 mm.