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
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Stenosagola newtoni
Park and Carlton
,
new species
Type Material.
Holotype
.
NEW ZEALAND
:
BULLER
(
BR
)
:
1♂
(winged male), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “
NEW
ZEALAND
:
BR
,
Lewis Pass Nat. Res.
,
12.3km
s
Lewis Pass
,
650m
17.xii.1984
-
21.i.1985
Nothofagus
spp.
forest
A.Newton
/
M.Thayer
713”, “flight
intercept
(window) trap”, “
HOLO- TYPE
Stenosagola newtoni
Park and Carlton
des. 2013”.
Paratype
(
n
=
1 male
).
NEW ZEALAND
:
MID
CANTERBURY
(
MC
)
:
1♂
, slide-mounted,
Banks Peninsula
,
Mt. Sinclair Scen. Res.
,
775m
,
43°42.977′S
,
172°51.098′E
,
3 XII 2005
, ridgetop mixed broadleaf w/emergent podocarpus totara;
FMHD#2005-072
,
berl., leaf and log litter,
A. Newton
and A.
Solodovnikov
;
ANMT
site 1163 (
FMNH
).
Etymology.
This species is named for the collector of the
holotype
, Alfred F. Newton.
Diagnosis.
Specimens of
S. newtoni
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. 12d
).
Description.
Length
1.2 mm
(
Fig. 7k
).
Head
: Wingless male head approximately 1.40 times longer than wide, eye approximately 1.23 times longer than temple. Wingless male antennomeres 3–7 subquadrate, 8 slightly transverse, 9–10 transverse.
Thorax
: Pronotum as long as wide. Wingless male elytra approximately 1.47 times longer than pronotum. Wingless male meso- and metaventrites trapezoidal, approximately 1.36 times longer than pronotum.
Aedeagus
: Apical lobe of male genitalia acute apically, weakly bent to right (
Fig. 12d
). Parameres slender, bearing setae apically (
Fig. 12d
).
Distribution.
Buller (
BR
) and Mid
Canterbury
(
MC
),
New Zealand
(
Fig. 14
, circle).
Habitat.
Specimens were collected by sifting litter and using flight intercept traps in broadleaf, podocarp, and
Nothofagus
forests.