Etymology

This species is named after the type locality, Pitt Island, Chatham 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

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Chatham Islands: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “Pitt Island, 16–26-I-44, E.S.Gourlay.”, “E.S.Gourlay Acc. 1970 Ent. Div.”, “N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92710 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola pittensis Park and Carlton 2013 ”. Paratypes (n= 10: 4 males; 6 females). NEW ZEALAND: Chatham Islands: 1♂ (NZAC), Taiko Camp, 10 XI 1991, J.S. Dugdale, sifted rotten wood; 1 ♂ 3♀♀ (NZAC), Awatotara, 182m, 21 II 1967, G.W. Ramsay, litter 67/139; 1♂ (NZAC), North Coast, 2 III 1967, G.W. Ramsay; 3♀♀ (NZAC), Pitt Island, 16–26 I 1944, E.S. Gourlay.

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.