Etymology

This species is named for world-renown beetle specialist and one of the most influential specialists of Pselaphinae during modern time, Donald S. Chandler.

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

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Wellington: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “NEW ZEALAND WN Wilton Bush 4/1/93 Wellington”, “in fallen Astelia”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola chandleri Park and Carlton 2013”. The original label does not mention who collected this specimen, but the collector was J. T. Nunn. Paratypes (n = 5: 4 males; 1 female). NEW ZEALAND: Rangitikei: 1♂ (JTN), Ruahine FP, entrance Wharite, 22 X 1994, J. Nunn; Wairarapa: 1♂ (JTN), West L Wairarapa Res., 3 X 1995, J. Nunn; Wanganui: 1♂ (JTN), Ashhurst Domain, 25 X 1993, J. Nunn; Wellington: 1♂ 1♀ (JTN), same data as holotype.

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.