Sagola misella Sharp Desig. Park and Carlton 2013
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola misella

description: 25. misella species-group
(13 species)
Diagnosis. Members of the misella speciesgroup can be distinguished from other Sagola species-groups by the following combination of characters: body length 2.1–3.3 mm; antennomere 1 approximately 1.5–2.0 times longer than wide, male antennomeres enlarged; frontal rostrum rectangular, lobes continuous, reaching posterior frontal fovea (Fig. 59o); frontal sulcus reaching midpoint of eye, posterior frontal fovea present (Fig. 59o); female hind wings reduced to small pads; abdominal tergites IV–VI with discal carinae.
KEY TO SPECIES OF THE MISELLA SPECIES- GROUP
The key is based on male specimens because most female specimens are indistinguishable based on external morphology.
1. Eye small, approximately one-third length of temple .................................. 2
1′. Eye large, approximately one-half length of temple................................................8
2(1). Apical lobe of genitalia arrowheadshaped (Fig. 59b) .................................. .............................. S. bituberata Broun
2′. Apical lobe of genitalia not arrowheadshaped ..................................................3
3(2′). Major process of median lobe of genitalia S-shaped (Fig. 59a) ....................... ................................... S. misella Sharp
3′. Median lobe of genitalia not curved.... 4
4(3′). Median lobe of genitalia triangular with membranous tube (Fig. 59c) ................. ..................................... S. prisca Sharp
4′. Medina lobe of genitalia not triangular.............................................................5
5(4′). Median lobe of genitalia depressed, left apex and as long as paramere............. 6
5′. Median lobe of genitalia divided, minor lobe longer than major lobe and paramere .................................................................. 7
6(5). Paramere depressed apically (Fig. 59d); only known from Nelson (Fig. 61: triangle) ............................................. ....... S. murchisonensis new species
6′. Paramere blunt; known from Fiordland (Fig. 62: star)......................................... ....................... S. clunieae new species
7(5′). Abdominal ventrite VII with small and acute process; major lobe of median lobe of genitalia slender and simple (Fig. 59g) .............. S. humpridgensis new species
7′. Abdominal ventrite VII without process; major lobe of median lobe of genitalia diamond-shaped and broad (Fig. 59f)............................................... ................. S. hunterensis new species
8(1′). Elytra subquadrate, hind wings reduced to small pads ..... S. huvali new species
8′. Elytra rectangular, hind wings fully developed.............................................9
9(8′). Antennomeres 4–8 longer than wide .... .............. S. tennysonensis new species
9′. Antennomeres 4–8 subquadrate........10
10(9′). Median lobe of genitalia twisted, with membranous tube (Fig. 59i).................. .................... S. turretensis new species
10′. Median lobe of genitalia not twisted, without tube....................................... 11
11(10′). Apical lobe of genitalia rectangular vertically (Fig. 59j–k)............................ .................... S. otagoensis new species
11′. Apical lobe of genitalia acute...........12
12(11′). Median lobe of genitalia C-shaped vertically (Fig. 59e) ............................... .............. S. fiordlandensis new species
12′. Median lobe of genitalia S-shaped vertically (Fig. 59l)....................................... ............ S. southlandensis new species
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 pages 102-103, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735