Etymology

This species is named for one of the enthusiastic supporters of this study and world staphylinid specialist, Kee-Jeong Ahn.

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

(Figs. 19b, 19i–j, 20) Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “NEW ZEALAND, BP Te Koau, 120m 29 Apr 1993 J.S. Dugdale Litter 93/101”, “N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola keejeongi Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (n = 8: 5 males; 3 females). NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ (slide mounted, NZAC), Te Koau, Hovells, Watching Dog, 240m, 24 X 1992, J.S. Dugdale, litter 92/78; 1♂ (NZAC), Hicks Bay, 20 IX 1992, G.M. Barker, J.S. Dugdale, under rotten logs and stones; 1♂ (NZAC), Lottin Pt Rd., Waenga Bush, 16 IX 1992, R.C. Henderson, sifted litter 92/51; 1♀ (slide-mounted; NZAC), Lottin Pr Rd., Waenga Bush, 29 I 1993, J.I. Townsend, sifted litter 93/7; 1♂ (JTN), Te Araroa, 28 III 1991, J. Nunn; 1♀ (JTN), Te Koau, Te Araroa, 4 II 1993, J.I. Townsend,J.Nunn;1♀ (NZAC), Te Koau, Hovells, Watching Dog tr., 260m, 31 I 1993, J.S. Dugdale, litter 93/11; 1♂ (AMNZ), Te Koau, track to Hovells Watching dog, 160m, 31 I–4 II 1993, J.W. Early, Puriri/nikau forest, yellow pan trap.

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.