Etymology

This species is named for the collector of the holotype and staphylinid specialist, Alexey Y. Solodovnikov.

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: Nelson: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “NEW ZEALAND: NN: Kahurangi N.P., Cobb Dam Rd., Asbestos Track, 450m, 41″06.333′S, 172″43.174′E, 29 XI–18 XII 2005, mixed broadleaf (incl. Nothofagus fusca)-podocarp forest; FMHD#2005-056, flight intercept trap, A. Newton, M. Thayer & A. Solodovnikov; ANMT site 1160”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola solodovnikovi Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (n = 7: 3 males; 4 females). NEW ZEALAND: Nelson: 1♂ 1♀ (NZAC), Upper Maitai, 19 V 1941, E.S. Gourlay; 1♂ 2♀♀ (NZAC), Upper Maitai, 13 II 1957, E.S. Gourlay; 1♀ (NZAC), Upper Maitai, 7 III 1949, E.S. Gourlay; 1♂ (slide-mounted; FMNH), Kahurangi NP, Cobb Dam Rd, Asbestos tr, 450m, 41″06.333′S 172″43.174′E, 29 XI–18 XII 2005, mixed broadleaf (incl. Nothofagus fusca)-podocarp forest, FMHD#2005-058, pitfall trap, A. Solodovnikov, D. Clarke, ANMT site 1160.

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.