Etymology

This species is named after the type locality, Turret Range, Fiordland.

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

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Fiordland: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “New Zealand: FD: Turret Ra., N of Percy Sdle 1250m, 16 I 1970, G.W. Ramsay, Grass 70/52”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola turretensis Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (n = 10: 3 males; 7 females). NEW ZEALAND: Fiordland: 1♀ (NZAC), same data as holotype; 1♂ (NZAC), Hunter Mts, W. Borland Sdle, 760m, 12 I 1970, J.I. Townsend, moss 70/10; Marlborough: 1♀ (NZAC), Richmond Ra, Johnson Pk, 1500m, 13 III 1969, J.C. Watt, litter 69/102; Marlborough Sounds: 1♂ 1♀ (NZAC), Ship Cove, 30 XI 1972, J.S. Dugdale, litter 72/273; Southland: 2♂♂ 1♀ (JTN), Spence Burn Basin, 1150m, Takitimu Mtns, 18 I 2000, tussock litter, J. Nunn; 1♀ (JTN), Spence Burn Basin, 1150m, Takitimu Mtn, 17 I 2000, J. Nunn, tussock litter; 1♀ (JTN), Spence Basin, Takitimu Rng, 17 I 2000, J. Nunn, tussock litter.

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.