Sagola flemingensis Park and Carlton, new species

• Main Authors: Park, J. - S., Carlton, C. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; Sagola; Sagola flemingensis; East Ridge; Keyhole; New Zealand; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5765410; https://zenodo.org/record/5765410

Sagola flemingensis Park and Carlton, new species (Figs. 76a, 76c, 76e, 78) Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Auckland Islands: 1♂ (NZAC), “New Zealand: AU: Auckland I., Fleming Plateau, 563m, swards 20 Feb 1973, JS Dugdale 73/58”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola flemingensis Park and Carlton 2013 ”. Paratypes ( n = 48: 29 males; 19 females). NEW ZEALAND: Auckland Islands: 13♂♂ 11♀♀ (1♂, slide-mounted; NZAC), same data as holotype. 3♂♂ 2♀♀ (NZAC), Fleming Plateau, 426m, swards, 9 II 1973, JS Dugdale; 2♂♂ 1♀ (1♂, slide-mounted; NZAC), Fleming Plateau, 518m, Carnley Harbor, swards, 9 II 1973, JS Dugdale; 3♂♂ 2♀♀ (NZAC), Fleming Plateau, 487m, swards, 12 II 1973, JS Dugdale; 4♂♂ 1♀ (NZAC), e end of Tagua Bay, Carnley Harbor, litter, 4 II 1973, JS Dugdale; 1♂ 1♀ (NZAC), Mt. D’ Urville, 639m, moss & mats, 4 I 1973, J. Rarrell; 2♂♂ (NZAC), Fleming Plateau, 578m, Carnley Harbor, moss, 7 II 1973, JS Dugdale; 1♂ (NZAC), Adams I, Magnetic Cove, East Ridge, moss, 22 I 1966, G. Kuschel. Etymology. This species is named after the type locality, Fleming Plateau, Auckland Islands. Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other Sagola species by the following combination of characters: body small, length 2.1–2.4 mm; antennomeres 9–11 weakly clubbed; anterior frontal fovea keyhole-shaped; eye small, one-fourth length of temple; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species; only known from Auckland Islands. Description. Length 2.1–2.4 mm. Body brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi,and elytra paler (Fig. 76a). Head: Male head round, widest at midpoint of head (Fig. 76e). Antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, 2 longer than wide, 3 subquadrate, 4–6 longer than wide, 7–8 subquadrate, 9–10 transverse, 9–11 weakly clubbed. Frontal sulcus shallow, reaching posterior margin of eye. Anterior frontal fovea keyhole-shaped, partially covered by frontal rostrum (Fig. 76e). Eye small, one-fourth length of temple (Fig. 76e). Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra as long as wide (Fig. 76a). Meso-and metathorax trapezoidal, as long as wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without patch of microtrichia. Aedeagus: Median lobe of genitalia longer than parameres (Fig. 76c). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded (Fig. 76c). Parameres symmetrical, but right slightly longer than left and with setae apically (Fig. 76c). Distribution. Auckland Islands (Fig. 78: triangle). Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by sifting litter in swards, moss, or mats. : Published as part of Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), pp. 1-156 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) (mo 13) 68 on pages 151-152, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735