Etymology

This species is named after the type locality, Tennyson Inlet, Marlborough Sounds.

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: Marlborough Sounds: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “NEW ZEALAND: SD: Tennyson Inlet Road, 115-135m, 30 XII 84-5 I 85, forest streams. hdwd.-podo.-nikau for., A. Newton/M. Thayer 723, berl., leaf & log litter, forest floor”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola tennysonensis Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratype (1 male). NEW ZEALAND: Westland: 1♂ (LSAM), 11.2km ne Franz Josef Glacier, nr Lake Mapourika, 150m, Otto’s Corner picnic area, 43′18S 170′14E, #064, Coastal forest leaf litter berlese, 15 I 1998, C. Carlton, R. Leschen.

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.