typification

Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Coromandel: 1♂ (AMNZ), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “NEW ZEALAND, CL Cuvier I., Old Radar Station, 180m, 10–18.xi.1999, J.W. Early, S.E. Thorpe”, “In forest, Yellow pan trap, L8170”, “AMNZ 30285 AUCKLAND MUSEUM NEW ZEALAND”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola thorpei Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (n = 3: 2 males; 1 female). NEW ZEALAND: Coromandel: 1♂ (AMNZ), Great Barrier I, Little Windy Hill, 220m, 22 V–7 VII 2002, P. Sutton, forest edge malaise trap; 1♂ (AMNZ), Great Barrier I, Mt. Hobson, 500m, pitfall trap, 9 XI–17 XII 2003, J. W. Early; 1♀ (AMNZ), slide-mounted, Great Barrier I, Little Windy Hill, 20 XI–19 XII 2002, K. Parsons, in forest pitfall 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.

Etymology

This species is named for one of the collectors of the holotype, Stephen E. Thorpe.

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.