A Revision of the New Zealand GenusStenosagolaBroun, 1921 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae)
Author
Park, J. - S.
Author
Carlton, C. E.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2013
2013-09-30
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3
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-67.3.335
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-67.3.335
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Stenosagola haunuiensis
Park and Carlton
,
new species
Type Material.
Holotype
.
NEW ZEALAND
:
WAIRARAPA
(
WA
):
♂
(wingless male), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “New Zealand WA Castlehill /
Haunui area
. SE Puketoi RA
March 2010
”, “
HOLOTYPE
Stenosagola haunuiensis
Park and Carlton
des. 2013”
.
Paratype
(
n
=
1 male
).
NEW ZEALAND
:
WELLINGTON
(
WN
)
:
1♂
(slide-mounted),
Tararua Forest
Park,
Judd Ridge
,
Field’
s
Track
,
Field Hut
vic.,
855m
,
40°54.474′S
175°15.371′E
,
24 XI– 26 XI 2005
, broadleaf (
Notho.
Meziesii-Wein-mannia racemosa
)-podocarp forest,
FMHD#2005-039
,
berl., forest leaf litter (mostly
Nothofagus
),
A. Solodovnikov
and D.
Clarke
,
ANMT
site 1153 (
FMNH
).
Etymology.
This species is named after the
type
locality, Haunui, Wairarapa (WA).
Diagnosis.
Specimens of
S. haunuiensis
are similar in appearance to those of other members of the
connata
group but can be distinguished by the shape of the male genitalia (
Fig. 10f
) and circular male head (
Fig.
10g
).
Description.
Length
1.6 mm
(
Fig. 7c
).
Head
: Wingless male head circular, approximately 1.18 times (
Fig.
10g
). Wingless male eye approximately 0.56 longer than temple (
Fig.
10g
). Wingless male antennomeres 3–7 subquadrate, 8 slightly transverse, 9–10 transverse.
Thorax
: Pronotum as long as wide. Wingless male elytra approximately 1.38 times longer than pronotum. Wingless male meso- and metaventrites trapezoidal, approximately 1.22 times longer as pronotum.
Aedeagus
: Median lobe slender, approximately as wide as paramere, broadly bent to right, weakly bulbous apically (
Fig. 10f
). Paramere symmetrical, setae present anteriorly (
Fig. 10f
).
Distribution.
Southern part of North Island,
New Zealand
(
Fig. 11
, stars).
Habitat.
Specimens were collected from forest leaf litter in mixed broadleaf/Podocarp forests.