Sagola punctulata Raffray 1893
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola punctulata

description: Sagola punctulata Raffray, 1893
(Figs. 52b, 52h, 52o–p, 53)
Sagola punctulata Raffray, 1893: 21. Raffray 1904: 497, 1911: 5, 1924: 231; Hudson 1923: 365, 1934: 183; Newton and Thayer 2005b; Nomura and Leschen 2006: 243.
Type Material. Two of three syntypes. NEW ZEALAND: Nelson: 2♂ ♀ (MNHN), glued on rectangular card, “Nov. Zea”, “ MP Type punctulata AR ”.
Additional Material (n = 20: 16 males; 4 females). NEW ZEALAND: Buller: 1♂, 18km n Punakaiki, 80m, 19 XII 1984 – 20 I 1985, hdwd-nikau forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 718, litter; 3♂♂, Tawhai SF, 6 III 1972, J. McBurney, litter 72/125; 1♂, Tawhai SF, 6 III 1972, J.S. Dugdale, litter 72/121; Nelson: 1♂, Kongahu, XI 1980, J. Jones, Malaise trap near swamp; 1♂ (slide-mounted), 0.6km e Gowanbrige, 330m, 18 XII 1984 – 7 I 1985, Nothofagus forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 717, FIT & window trap; Westland: 5 ♂ ♂ 1♀ (1♂, s l i d e -m o u n t e d), 1.5km n Punakaiki, 50m, 19 XII 1984 – 20 I 1985, hdwd-nikau forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 720, FIT & window trap; 2♂♂ 1♀, 1.8km n Punakaiki, 80m, 19 XII 1984 – 20 I 1985, hdwdnikau forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 718, FIT & window trap; 1♂ 1♀, 1.8km n Punakaiki, 50m, 19 XII 1984 – 20 I 1985, hdwd-podo-nikau forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 719, window trap; 1♂, Okuku Scen Res, 2 VIII 1981, R. M. Emberson, litter LUNZ 81 /6; 1♀, Lake Kaniere, 6 II 1984, J.C. Watt, dead tree fern.
Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the furcata speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: antennomeres 4–7 longer than wide; frontal sulcus inverted Y-shaped; eye prominent, approximately one-third length of temple; male abdominal ventrites V–VI weakly depressed medially and surrounded by dense setae; shape of genitalia unique to species.
Redescription. Length 1.9–2.2 mm. Body reddish brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler (Fig. 52b). Head: Weakly transverse, widest across eyes (Fig. 52o). Ventral surface of male head with inverted triangular process bearing dense setae behind mouthparts (Fig. 52p). Antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, 2 longer than wide, 3 subquadrate, 4–7 longer than wide, 8–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus inverted Y-shaped (Fig. 52o). Anterior frontal fovea rectangular, covered by frontal rostrum (Fig. 52o), posterior frontal fovea absent (Fig. 52o). Eye prominent, approximately onethird length of temple (Fig. 52p). Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra rectangular (Fig. 52b). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Tergite IV with pair of transverse patches of microtrichia reaching middle. Male abdominal ventrites V–VI weakly depressed on middle with dense setae. Aedeagus: Median lobe of genitalia slender and twisted (Fig. 52h). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rounded (Fig. 52h). Parameres symmetrical with serrate outer edge of apical lobe and setae inside (Fig. 52h).
Type Locality. “ New Zealand ” (specific locality unknown).
Distribution. Buller, Nelson, Westland (Fig. 53: triangles).
Habitat. Most specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept and window traps or by sifting leaf litter in hardwood, nikau, podocarp, or Nothofagus forests. One specimen was collected from dead tree ferns.
description: 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 page 92, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735