Etymology

This species is named after the type locality, Snares Islands.

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: Snares Islands: 1♂ (NZAC), “New Zealand: SN: Penguin Ck. In wet Olearia lyallii 26 Oct 1972, DS Horning”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola snaresensis Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (n = 22: 10 males; 12 females). NEW ZEALAND: Snares Islands: 1♀ (NZAC), same data as holotype; 2♂♂ 4♀♀ (NZAC), Penguin Ck, rotten wood of Olearia lyallii stump, 11 III 1971, D.S. Horning; 2♂♂ 1♀(NZAC), Signpost Hill, Stilbocarpa robusta litter, 26 VIII 1972, D.S. Horning; 2 ♂♂ (NZAC), Broughton I, Stilbocarpa robusta, 4 XI 1972, D.S. Horning; 1♂ (NZAC), sw Promontory, Olearia lyallii litter, 31 VII 1972, D.S. Horning; 2♂♂ (NZAC), Penguin Creek, 14 XII 1974, D.S. Horning, under branches of Olearia lyallii; 2♀♀ (NZAC), nr Penguin Colony, 19 I 1972, C.J. Horning, rotten Olearia lyallii; 1♀ (NZAC), Opp Mollymauk Islet, 24 I 1967, P.M. Johns, beating Poa astonii;

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.