Etymology

The species name is based on the biotic region of the holotype, Taupo.

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: Taupo : 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “NEW ZEALAND TO Waituhi Saddle 16 Nov 1983 C.F. Butcher”, “Leaf litter, moss and rotten wood 83/112”, “N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola taupoensis Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratype (1 male). NEW ZEALAND: Gisborne: 1♂ (NZAC), Urewera NP, Waikaremoana Rd., 4 end Matanunui Ridge, 720m, 38″44.404′S. 177″05.806′E, 22 XI–23 XII 2005, mixed broadleaf (incl. Nothofagus fusca) podocarp, FMHD#2005-028, FIT, M. Thayer, A. Solodovnikov, ANMT site 1149.

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.