typification

Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Auckland: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “New Zealand: ND: Omahuta S.F., Kauri Res. 10 X 1974, J.C. Watt litter 74/81”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola watti Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (n = 33: 22 males; 11 females). NEW ZEALAND: Northland: 2♂♂ (FMNH, DSC), Waipoua SF, Kauri Ricker Tr., 120m, 26 XI–4 XII 1984, kauri-podocarp-hdwd., A. Newton, M. Thayer 684, berl., leaf & log litter, forest floor; 1♂ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, Kauri Ricker Tr., 120m, 26 XI–4 XII 1984, kauri-podocarp-hdwd., A. Newton, M. Thayer 684, berl., FIT & window trap; 1♂ 1♀ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, 1.7km nw Waikohatu Stream bridge, 380m, 28 XI–6 XII 1984, hdwd.-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer; 1♂ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, Wairau Summit 400m, 27 XI–6 XII 1984, hdwd.-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer, FIT & window trap; 1♀ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, Toronui Tr., 150m, 13 IV 1980, kauri-podocarpbroadlf-nikau palm forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer, berl., leaf & log litter, forest floor; 2♂♂ (NZAC), Te Paki Trig, 23 XI 1982, G. Kuschel, sifted litter and decayed wood 82/116; 1♂ (NZAC), Waipoua SF, Wairau Stm, 390m, 15 IV 1980, J.C. Watt, sifted litter 80/51; 1♂ (NZAC), Waipoua Stm, 100m, 19 III 1978, S.B. Peck, litter; 1♂ (DSC), Waipoua SF, Toronui Tr., 120m, 26 XI–4 XII 1984, kauri-podocarp-hdwd., A. Newton, M. Thayer 685, berl., leaf & log litter, forest floor; 1♂ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, 0.8km nw Wairau Summit, 350m, 27 XI–6 XII 1984, hdwd.-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 689, FIT & window trap; 1♂ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, Wairau Summit, 387m, 11–14 IV 1980, podocarp-broadleaf, A. Newton. M. Thayer, pitfall trap; 1♂ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, Toatoa Tr., 270m, 12–15 IV 1980, toatoa-kauri-podocarp-broadlf., A. Newton, M. Thayer, berl., leaf & log litter, forest floor; 1♂ (NZAC), Mangamuka Walk, 28 VII–1VIII 1998, R. Leschen, R. Hoare, FIT 223, 36′11S, 173′28E; 1♂ (NZAC), Above Hihi, 6 I 1969, K. Wise, juvenile Kahikatea; 1♂ (NZAC), Puketi SF, 21 I 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/56; 1♂ (NZAC), Waipoua SF, 7 XII 1961, G. Kuschel, litter 61/13. Auckland: 1♂ (FMNH), Waitakere Range, 260m, Nohoanga Scenic Reserve, 23 XI–8 XII 1984, hdwd.-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 679, FIT & window trap; 1♂ 2♀♀ (1♀, slide-mounted; 1♂ 1♀,FMNH; 1♀, DSC), Waitakere Range, 260m, Nohoanga Scenic Reserve, 8 XII 1984–25 I 1985, hdwd.podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 679, FIT & window trap; 1♀ (FMNH), Waitakere Range, 260m, Nohoanga Scenic Reserve, 23 XI 1984, hdwd.-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 679, berl., leaf & log litter, forest floor; 3♀♀ (FMNH), Waitakere Range, Cascade-Kauri Park, up. Kauri Tr., 170m, 8 XII 1984–25 I 1985, kauri-podo-hdwd., A. Newton, M. Thayer, FIT & window trap; 1♂ (NZAC), Huia, 150m, Twin Peaks Ridge, 1 V 1981, B.M. May, at roots of Metrosideros robusta;1♂ (DSC), Goldie Bush Scenic Res., Mokoroa Falls Tr., 6km W Waitakere, 28 III 2010, 106m, D.S. Chandler, kauri & podocarp leaf litter; 1♂ (NZAC), Kohukohunui, Hunua Ra, 600m, 30 III 1974, G. Kuschel, litter 74/20; 1♀ (FMNH), Waitakere RaNohoanga Scenic Res., 260m, 36.57′S, 174.35′E, 23 II 1987, hardwood-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 836, FMHD#87-271, berlfrond litter at base of tree ferns; Wai kat o: 1♀ (slide-mounted; FMNH), Pirongia Forest Park, Mahaukura Track (above end Grey Rd.), 270m, 37″58.218′ S, 175″06.523′ E, 18 XI–27 XII 2005, mixed broadleaf forest, FMHD#2005-009FIT, A. Newton, M. Thayer, et al., ANMT site 1142; 1♀ (NZAC), Waitomo, Maori L, Tumutumu Rd, 24 V 1983, J.C. Watt, litter and soil 83/60.

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.

Etymology

This species is named for the collector of the holotype, John C. Watt.

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.