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
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journal article
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10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1
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Sagola stewartensis
Park and Carlton
,
new species
(
Figs. 68w
,
69w
,
70w
,
74
)
Type Material.
Holotype
.
NEW ZEALAND
:
Stewart Island
:
1♂
(
NZAC
), aedeagus dissected
and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “
New Zealand: SI:
Codfish IS nr summit
,
244m
,
14XII1966
J.I.Townsend
,
litter
66/443”, “HOLOTYPE
Sagola stewartensis
Park and Carlton
2013
”.
Paratypes
(
n
=
24:
10 males
;
14 females
).
NEW ZEALAND
: Stewart Island:
1♂
2♀♀
(
NZAC
), Codfish I, North Hut tr,
6 XII 1981
, S.A. Holloway, litter 81/207;
2♂♂
3♀♀
(
NZAC
), Pegasus Creek,
24 II 1968
, G. Kuschel, litter 68/64;
5♂♂
1♀
(
NZAC
), Pegasus Creek,
24 II 1968
, G. Kuschel, litter 68/63;
1♂
1♀
(
NZAC
), ne Big S. Cape I,
91m
,
22 II 1969
, J.S. Townsend, moss 69/83;
1♀
(
NZAC
), Codfish I, Upper Valley tr,
27 XI 1981
, B.A. Holloway, litter 81/197;
1♀
(
NZAC
), Codfish I, Summit tk,
250m
,
30 XI 1981
, B.A. Holloway, litter 81/199;
1♀
(
NZAC
), Codfish I, Upper Miro tr,
1 XII 1981
, B.A. Holloway, litter 81/200;
1♀
(
NZAC
), Garden Mound tr,
113m
,
21 I 2007
,
R
. Leschen,
T
. Buckley, K. Marske, log fogging;
1♂
2♀♀
(
NZAC
), Stewart Island,
14 II 1953
,
R
. Hornabrook.
Etymology.
This species is named after the
type
locality, Stewart Island.
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished from the other species of the
insignis
speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: body length
2.6–2.9 mm
; temporal lobe of male head distinctly projecting, exceeding eye, with weakly concave ventral surface; ventral surface of male head with transverse, setose process behind mouthparts; elytra subquadrate; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species; only known from Stewart Island.
Description.
Length
2.6–2.9 mm
. Body brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler (
Fig. 68w
).
Head:
Male head triangular, widest across temples (
Fig. 69w
). Female head bluntly triangular, widest across eyes. Antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, 2–8 longer than wide, 9–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep, reaching midpoint of eye. Anterior frontal fovea round, partially covered by frontal rostrum, posterior frontal fovea round. Eye prominent, approximately one-third length of temple. Temporal lobe of male head distinctly projecting, exceeding eye, with weakly concave ventral surface (
Fig. 69w
). Ventral surface of male head with transverse, setose process behind mouthparts (
Fig. 69w
).
Thorax:
Prosternum as long as wide, widest at one-third length. Elytra subquadrate (
Fig. 68w
). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, as long as wide.
Abdomen:
Male tergite IV without patch of microtrichia.
Aedeagus:
Median lobe of genitalia broad with transverse apical lobe (
Fig. 70w
). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded (
Fig. 70w
). Parameres symmetrical and slender, sparsely setose from midpoints to apices (
Fig. 70w
).
Distribution.
Stewart Island (
Fig. 74
: white circles).
Habitat.
Specimens of this species were collected mostly by sifting leaf and moss litter and one from log fogging.