Etymology

This species is named for the collector of the holotype, Desmond W. Helmore.

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: Northland: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “NEW ZEALAND ND SH 12, Waipoua SF 20 Sep 1977 D.W. Helmore”, “Rotten stumps/trees 77/102”, “N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola helmorei Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (11 males). NEW ZEALAND: Auckland: 2♂♂ (FMNH), Waitakere Ra., Cascade-kauri Park, Upper Kauri tr., 170m, 8 XII 1984–25 I 1985, kauri-podo-hdwd, A. Newton, M. Thayer 680, FIT&window trap; 1♂ (FMNH), Waitakere Range, 260m, Nohoanga Scenic Res., 8 XII 1984–25 I 1985, hdwd-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 679, FIT&window trap; Northland: 2♂♂ (slide-mounted; FMNH), Mangamuka Summit, 12km nw Mangamuka, 400m, 25 XI–5 XII 1984, hdwd-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 683, FIT&window trap; 1♂ (DSC), Waipoua SF, 0.9km e forest hqtrs, 120m, 26 XI–4 XII 1984, hdwd-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 686, berl., leaf & log litter, forest floor; 1♂ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, Wairau Summit, 400m, 27 XI–6 XII 1984, hdwd-podocarp forest, A. Newton, M. Thayer 687, FIT&window trap; 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♂ (NZAC), Puketona, 20 I 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/49; 1♂ (NZAC),Pahia, 20 I 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/44; 1♂ (FMNH), Waipoua SF, Te Matua Ngahere., 16–17 III 1978, 400m, S. & J. Peck, Kauri forest.

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.