Etymology

This species is named after the type locality, Hump Ridge, Fiordland.

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 Society Monograph 68(mo4): 1-156.

typification

Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Fiordland: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “New Zealand: FD: Hump Ridge, 1220m 6 II 1976, G.W. Ramsay Litter 76/38”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola humpridgensis Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (n = 17: 7 males; 10 females). NEW ZEALAND: Fiordland: 4♂♂ 2♀♀ (NZAC), same data as holotype; 1♂ (NZAC), Wilmot Pass, 630m, 26 I 1970, G.W. Ramsay, litter 70/93; 3♀♀ (NZAC), Turret Ra, Wolfe Flat, 900m, 22 I 1970, A.C. Eyles, litter 70/90; 3♀♀ (NZAC), Hump Ridge, 12 III 1939, Fairburn. Southland: 2♂♂ 1♀ (NZAC), MacLennan, 31m, 13 II 1968, J.I. Townsend, moss 68/30; 1♀ (NZAC), Manpouri, 21 I 1970, G.W. Ramsay, litter 70/96.

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 Society Monograph 68(mo4): 1-156.