A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae)
Author
Park, J. - S.
Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, LSB 404 Louisiana State University Agric
Author
Carlton, C. E.
Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Department of Entomology, LSB 404 Louisiana State University Agric
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2014
mo 13
2014-12-01
68
1
156
journal article
3079
10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1
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31.
opercularis
species-group
(1 species)
Diagnosis.
The single member of the
opercularis
species-group can be distinguished from other
Sagola
species
by the following combination of characters: body length
2.1 mm
; antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide; anterior frontal fovea small, round, posterior frontal fovea elongate; frontal sulcus reaching to hind point of eye (
Fig. 77a
); eye large and prominent, approximately as long as temple (
Fig. 77a–b
); ventral surface of male head with W-shaped process bearing dense setae behind process (
Fig. 77b
: arrow); elytra longer than wide (
Fig. 77a
), hind wings well-developed; abdominal tergites IV–VI with discal carinae; median lobe of male genitalia curved laterally, C-shaped (
Fig. 77c–d
); known from South Island (
Fig. 78
).