Sagola taupoensis Park and Carlton

Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) 68, pp. 1-156 : 36

Sagola taupoensis Park and Carlton , new species

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Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Taupo: 1♂ ( NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND TO Waituhi Saddle 16 Nov 1983 C.F. Butcher ”, “Leaf litter, moss and rotten wood 83/112”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola taupoensis Park and Carlton 2013 ” . Paratype (1 male). NEW ZEALAND: Gisborne : 1♂ ( NZAC) , Urewera NP, Waikaremoana Rd., 4 end Matanunui Ridge , 720m, 38″44.404′S. 177″05.806′E, 22 XI–23 XII 2005, mixed broadleaf (incl. Nothofagus fusca )- podocarp, FMHD#2005-028 , FIT, M. Thayer, A. Solodovnikov, ANMT site 1149 .

Etymology. The species name is based on the biotic region of the holotype, Taupo.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the baiknami speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: smaller body, length 2.4–2.7 mm; male head bluntly triangular, widest across temples, ventral temporal lobe flat; male mid-femur weakly depressed at base and mid-tibia bent; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species.

Description of Male. Length 2.4– 2.7 mm. Body brown, antenna, elytra, legs, and maxillary palpi paler ( Fig. 15d ). Head: Bluntly triangular, widest across temples, ventral temporal lobe flat ( Fig. 15d ). Antennomere 1 approximately 2.5 times longer than wide, 2–3 subquadrate, 4–6 longer than wide, 7–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching midpoint of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea round. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye large and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra rectangular ( Fig. 15d ). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Male midfemur weakly depressed at base. Male mid-tibia bent. Abdomen: Tergite IV with pair of transverse patches of microtrichia reaching middle. Aedeagus: Median lobe longer than parameres, with bird-head-like apical lobe ( Fig. 16d ). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and elongate ( Fig. 16d ). Parameres asymmetrical, left paramere elongate, right paramere blunt ( Fig. 16d ).

Distribution. Gisborne, Taupo ( Fig. 17 : stars).

Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept traps or by sifting leaf, moss, and rotten wood litter in broadleaf and podocarp forests.

Figures

Fig. 15. Habitus of Sagola species in the baiknami species-group, dorsal views. a) S. baiknami, b) S. watti,

Fig. 16. Sagola pecies in the baiknami species-group. Aedeagi, dorsal views: a) S. baiknami, b) S. watti, c) S. butcherae, d) S. taupoensis, e) S. nunni, f) S. sunsookae, g) S. choeunae. S. watti, male head: h) Dorsal surface, i) Ventral surface (arrow indicates transverse depression). Scale bars = 0.1 mm.

Fig. 17. Known collection localities of New Zealand Sagola species. S. baiknami: black circles; S. watti: triangles; S. butcherae: black square; S. taupoensis: stars.