Etymology

The species name is based on the biotic region of some of the type material, Wellington.

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: Wellington: 1♂ (NZAC), “NEW ZEALAND, WN Orongorongo V,W.N. 1 Jan 1993”, “Hard beech forest litter Tullgren #13”, “Sagola sp. 2 det.Klimaszewski 1996”, “N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola wellingtonensis Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (n = 13: 7 males; 6 females). NEW ZEALAND: Auckland: 1♂ (NZAC), Wellsford, 29 IX 1958, R.A. Cumber; Bay of Plenty: 1♀ (FMNH), Tapapa Tukorehe Res., 300m, 25 III 1978, S. & J. Peck, berl., litter; Coromandel: 3♂♂ 2♀♀ (NZAC), Kaitohe, 1334, 1 II 1952, R. Hornabrook; 1♂ (AMNZ), Great Barrier I, Little Windy Hill, 100m, 19 XII 2002–23 I 2003, K. Parsons, coastal forest, malaise trap L11899; 1♂ (AMNZ), Great Barrier I, Mt. Hobson, 500m, pitfall trap, 9 XI–17 XII 2003, J.W. Early; Waikato: 1♀ (FMNH), Pirongia Forest Park, Tirohanga tr. (above end Corcoran rd.), 500m, 37″58.409′S175″07.173′E, 20 XI 2005, broadleaf forest, FMHD#2005-015, berl., forest litter, D. Clarke, A. Solodovnikov, ANMT site 1146; 1♀ (NZAC), Waitomo, 24 V 1983, G. Kuschel, decayed wood and litter 83/56; Wellington: 1♂ (slide-mounted; FMNH), Taraua Forest Park, Waitewaewae Tr., 220m, 40″51.98′S175″15.319′E, 26 XI–21 XII 2005, broadleaf (much Knightia exelsa)-podocarp forest, FMHD#2005-034, FIT&window trap, ANMT site 1152; 1♀ (NZAC), Rimutaka Range, 11 VIII 1954, R. Hornabrook.

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.