Sagola auripila Broun, 1911

(Figs. 37a, 38a, 39)

Sagola auripila Broun, 1911: 500 . Hudson 1923: 365, 1934: 184; Raffray 1924: 232; Newton and Thayer 2005b; Nomura and Leschen 2006: 241.

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Taupo: 1♀ (BMNH), glued on rectangular card, “Type” [red label, printed]; “3371.” [white label, handwritten]; “ New Zealand Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482.” [white label, printed]; “Erua. Feby.1911.” [white label, handwritten]; “ Sagola ♂ auripila.” [white label, handwritten]. The original label indicates this specimen is a male, but it is female.

Additional Material (n = 5: 4 males; 1 female). NEW ZEALAND: Gisborne: 1♂, Taikawakawa, 300m, 1 V 1993, C. T. Duval, litter 93/106 ; Taupo: 1♂, Urewera NP, Ngamoko tr., nr. jct Tawa loop, berlese, 8 III 2000, C. Carlton, A. Weir, #027 ; 1♂, National Park, Taurewa Lookout, 13 XII 1961, G. Kuschel, litter 61/14 ; 1♂, Minginui SF, 27 VII 1977, J.S. Dugdale, rotten Podocarpus; Waikato: 1♀, Pirongia Forest Park, Mahaukura tr (above end Grey rd.), 270m, 37”58.218′S 175”06.523′E, 18 XI–27 XII 2005, mixed broadleaf forest, FMHD#2005-009, FIT, A. Newton, M. Thayer et al., ANMT site 1142 .

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other species of the auripila speciesgroup by the following combination of characters: larger body, length 2.1–2.3 mm; weakly enlarged male antennomeres 5–10; frontal sulcus linear and deep, extending slightly posterior to eye; male hind femur with triangular process at middle of c) S. chathamensis, d) S. pittensis, e) S. chandleri, f) S. threekingsensis, g) S. gimmeli, h) S. sokolovi . Scale bars = 1 mm. mesal margin; shape of antennomeres and genitalia unique to species.

Redescription. Length 2.1–2.3 mm. Body brown, antennae, legs, maxillary palpi, and elytra paler (Fig. 37a). Head: Round, widest across eyes (Fig. 37a). Male antennomere 1 approximately 1.5 times longer than wide, 2–10 subquadrate, 5–10 weakly enlarged. Female antennomere 2 longer than wide, 3 subquadrate, 4–5 longer than wide, 6–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus linear and deep, slightly exceeding eye. Anterior frontal fovea oval, posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye large and prominent, approximately one-half length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular (Fig. 37a). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, as long as wide. Male hind femur with triangular process at middle of mesal margin. Aedeagus: Lateral median lobe rectangular and apical lobe weakly emarginate (Fig. 38a). Phallobase of median lobe symmetrical and rectangular (Fig. 38a). Parameres symmetrical and curved to C-shaped with setae apically and 1 seta at middle (Fig. 38a).

Type Locality. Erua, Taupo, New Zealand .

Distribution. Gisborne, Taupo, Waikato (Fig. 39: black circles).

Habitat. Most specimens of this species were collected using flight intercept traps or by sifting leaf litter in broadleaf or podocarp forests.