7. valida species-group

(1 species)

Diagnosis. The single member of the valida species-group can be distinguished from other Sagola species-groups by the following combination of characters: body length 3.0– 3.5 mm; antennomere 1 approximately 2.5 times longer than wide, with dull surface; anterior frontal fovea absent, posterior frontal fovea elongate (Fig. 23c); gular region of male head with small, transverse depression (Fig. 23d); eye distinctly prominent due to emarginate gena (Fig. 23c–d); hind wings well-developed in male, reduced to small pads in female; fore femur with semicircular depression; abdominal tergites IV–VI with discal carinae; present on South Island, not known from North Island (Fig. 24).