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
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
2014
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Sagola bituberata
Broun, 1914
(
Figs. 58b
,
59b
,
60
)
Sagola bituberata
Broun, 1914b: 160
.
Hudson 1923: 365
,
1934: 184
; Newton and Thayer 2005b; Nomura and Leschen 2006: 241.
Type Material. One
of
three syntypes
.
NEW ZEALAND
:
Buller
:
1♂
(
BMNH
), glued on rectangular card, “Type” [red label, printed]; “ 3525.
♂
” [white label, handwritten]; “ New Zealand Broun
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1922–482.” [white label, printed]; “
Greymouth. J.H. Lewis
” [white label, handwritten]; “
Sagola
♂
. bituberata” [white label, handwritten]
.
Additional Material
(
n
= 52:
24 males
;
28 females
).
NEW ZEALAND
:
Buller
:
3♂♂
, Lake nr Mt. Priestly, Paparoa Ra,
1060m
,
10 XII 1969
, J. McBurney, litter;
1♂
,
Fletchers Ck
,
6km
sw of
Rotokohu
,
25 I 1972
,
J.M. McBurney
, litter
;
1♀
,
Relax Shelter
,
Mt Robert Ridge
,
1 X 2005
,
J. Nunn
, moist tussock litter at
1410m
;
1♂
,
Arthur Pass
,
Kellys Ck
,
8 XI 2005
,
R
.
Leschen, S
.
Nomura
, litter, 42′47S, 171′24E;
Nelson
:
2♂♂
3♀♀
,
Canaan
,
18 IV 1966
,
J.I. Townsend
, litter
;
1♂
,
Mt. Domett
,
1250m
,
30 XI 1971
, G.
Kuschel
, litter
;
2♀♀
,
Canaan
,
Harwoods
tr,
4 II 1965
,
L.P. Marchant
, litter;
Otago
Lakes
:
1♂
1♀
,
Haast River
,
100m
,
Sunny Flat
,
25 I 1978
,
G. Kuschel
, litter
;
2♀♀
,
Mt. Aspiring
NP,
5.5km
,
11–17 I 1985
,
Nothofagus menziesii
forest, A.
Newton
, M.
Thayer
741,
window trap
;
Westland
:
4♂♂
8♀♀
,
Kellys Creek
,
Otira
,
22 III 2009
,
J. Nunn
, mossy forest floor litter
;
1♂
2♀♀
,
Kellys Creek
,
Otira
,
25 II 1989
,
J. Nunn
;
1♀
,
Haast Pass
n of summit,
550m
,
24 I 1978
,
G. Kuschel
, sifted litter and rotten wood
;
1♂
2♀♀
,
Okuku Ck
,
11.3km
sse
Kumara
,
60m
,
18–22 III 1980
, podocarpbroadlf,
A. Newton
,
M. Thayer
, litter
;
3♂♂
,
Franz Joseph.
24 II 1989
,
J. Nunn
;
2♀♀
,
Lake Wombat
tr,
Franz Joseph
,
7 II 2009
,
J. Nunn
, washed soil sample, tree fern/broadleaf forest
;
2♂♂
,
Jackson Bay
,
Smoothwater
tr,
14 II 1977
,
T
.
K. Crosby
, litter
;
1♂
,
Kellys Cr
,
Otira Vly
,
9 IV 2010
,
J. Nunn
, litter in kamahi forest
;
1♂
,
2.7km
s
Franz Josef Glacier
, #063,
Trailhead of Alex Knob
, 43′28S 1173′10E,
150m
, coastal forest litter,
15 I 1998
,
C. Carlton
,
R
.
Leschen
;
1♂
,
Mt. Aspiring
NP,
5.5km
nne
Makarora
,
330m
,
11–17 I 1985
,
Nothofagus menziesii
forest,
A. Newton
,
M. Thayer
741,
FIT
&
window trap
;
1♂
,
Mt. Aspiring
NP,
Douglas Creek
at
Hwy.
6, 65m,
11–18 I 1985
,
Nothofagus menziesii
-hdwd-podocarp forest,
A. Newton
,
M. Thayer
738,
FIT
&
window trap
;
1♀
,
Open Bay
I,
Taumaka I
,
27 IX 1976
,
D.S. Horning
, litter
;
1♀
,
Mt Tuhua
,
1067m
, e side of
L. Kaniere
,
20 XI 1984
,
C.F. Butcher
, litter
;
1♀
,
Lake Ianthe
,
7 II 1984
, J.C.
Watt
, sifted litter and wood mould
;
1♀
,
Doughboy Creek
,
6km
sw
Mahitahi
,
5 II 1984
,
J.C. Watt
, sifted wood mould
.
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished from the other species of the
misella
speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: body larger, length
2.5–3.1 mm
; male antennomeres 4–10 enlarged; male abdominal ventrite V with weak process medially; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species.
Redescription.
Length
2.5–3.1 mm
. Body reddish brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler (
Fig. 58b
).
Head:
Round, as long as wide, widest across eyes (
Fig. 58b
). Male antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, 2–10 subquadrate, 4–10 enlarged, 5–11 with tubercles. Female antennomeres 2–8 longer than wide, 9–10 subquadrate, 5–11 with tubercles. Frontal rostrum rectangular, lobes continuous. Frontal sulcus reaching midpoint of eye. Posterior frontal fovea teardrop-shaped. Eye prominent, approximately one-third length of temple.
Thorax:
Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Male elytra rectangular (
Fig. 58b
), female subquadrate. Male meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide, female as long as wide.
Abdomen:
Male tergite IV with pair of transverse patches of microtrichia, patches absent in female. Male abdominal ventrite V with weak process medially.
Aedeagus:
Apical lobe of genitalia arrowhead-shaped (
Fig. 59b
). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded (
Fig. 59b
). Parameres asymmetrical, right paramere longer than left with setae apically (
Fig. 59b
).
Type
Locality.
Greymouth
,
Buller
,
New Zealand
.
Distribution.
Buller,
Nelson
,
Otago
Lakes, Westland (
Fig. 60
: triangles).
Habitat.
Specimens of this species were collected mostly by sifting leaf litter, and a few male specimens were from flight intercept or window traps.