Sagola sunsookae Park and Carlton, new species

(Figs. 15f, 16f, 18)

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Waikato: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND WO Mt Karioi near base 11 Oct 1981 C.F. Butcher ”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “Litter 81–96”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola sunsookae Park and Carlton 2013 ” . Paratype (1 male). NEW ZEALAND: Auckland: 1♂ (FMNH), Hunua Range Reg. Park, Kohukohunui Tr. nr Mine Rd., 475m, 37″02.396′S 175″11.251′E, 17 XI–28 XII 2005, broadleaf-podocarp forest, numerous tree fern, FMHD#2005-001, FIT, A. Newton, M. Thayer et al., ANMT site 1140 .

Etymology. This species is named for one of the enthusiastic supporters of this study, Sun-Sook Choi. She is the first author’ s mother and has provided a lifetime of support and encouragement.

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 eyes, ventral surface of head with pair of short carinae on temple; male mid-femur weakly depressed at base; midtibia 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. 15f). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes (Fig. 15f), ventral surface with pair of short carinae on temple. Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2 longer than wide, 3 subquadrate, 4–7 longer than wide, 8–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching midpoint of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea round. Posterior frontal fovea oval. Eye large and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra rectangular (Fig. 15f). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Male mid-femur weakly depressed at base. Male mid-tibia bent. Abdomen: Tergite IV with pair of oval or transverse patches of microtrichia. Aedeagus: Median lobe blunt (Fig. 16f). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular (Fig. 16f). Parameres asymmetrical, left paramere L-shaped, right paramere with 3 lobes with thick setae apically (Fig. 16f).

Distribution. Waikato, Auckland (Fig. 18: triangles).

Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept traps or by sifting litter in broadleaf and podocarp forests with tree ferns.