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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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 domettensis
Park and Carlton
,
new species
Type Material.
Holotype
.
NEW ZEALAND
:
NELSON
(
NN
):
♂
(wingless male), “New Zealand: NN: NW
Nelson
,
Mt. Domett
,
1250m
,
25 XI 1971
J. McBurney
, mats 71/155”, “
HOLOTYPE
Stenosagola domettensis
Park and Carlton
des. 2013”
.
Paratypes
(
n
=
13:
10 males
,
3 females
).
NEW ZEALAND
:
NELSON
(
NN
)
:
1♂
2♀♀
(
1♀
, slide-mounted), same data as holotype (
NZAC
)
;
6♂♂
,
Mt. Domett
,
Summit
,
XII 1971
,
G.W. Ramsay
,
Moss
71/185 (
NZAC
)
;
2♂♂
1♀
,
Mt. Domett
,
1494m
,
30 XI 1971
,
J.S. Dugdale
,
Litter
71/159 (
NZAC
)
;
1♂
(slide-mounted),
Mt. Domett
,
1463m
,
1 XII 1971
,
J.S. Dugdale
,
Mats
71/181 (
NZAC
)
.
Etymology.
This species is named after the
type
locality, Mt. Domett,
Nelson
(NN),
New Zealand
.
Diagnosis.
Specimens of
S. domettensis
are similar in appearance to those of
S. gracilis
,
S. pseudogracilis
,
S. clarkei
,
S. ramsayi
, and
S. eylesi
but can be distinguished by the shape of the male genitalia (
Fig. 4h
). Members of this species can be separated from those of
S. egmontensis
and
S. stewartensis
by the glossy dorsal surface of the head (
Fig.
1m
–n
).
Description.
Length
1.5–1.7 mm
(
Fig.
1m
–n
).
Head
: Wingless male head approximately 1.32 times, female 1.24 times longer than wide. Wingless male eye approximately 0.55 times, female 0.35 times as long as temple. Wingless male antennomere 3–5 subquadrate, 6–7 slightly transverse. Female antennomere 3 transverse, 4–5 subquadrate, 6–7 transverse.
Thorax
: Pronotum approximately 1.1 times longer than wide. Wingless male elytra approximately 1.3 times, female 1.1 longer than pronotum. Wingless male meso- and metaventrites trapezoidal, approximately 1.14 times, female 1.06 times longer than pronotum.
Aedeagus
: Apical lobe of male genitalia with two branches; main lobe hookshaped apically, minor lobe divided from ventral base of main lobe, longer and narrower (
Fig. 4h
). Parameres symmetrical, setae present at tip and middle (
Fig. 4h
).
Distribution.
Nelson
(NN),
New Zealand
(
Fig. 5
, white circle).
Habitat.
Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf or moss litter.