Sagola deformipes Broun, 1880

(Figs. 25b, 25e, 25g –h, 26)

Sagola deformipes Broun, 1880: 138 . Schaufuss 1888: 84; Raffray 1893: 33, 1904: 497, 1911: 5; Hudson 1923: 365, 1934: 183; Raffray 1924: 231; Newton and Thayer 2005b; Nomura and Leschen 2006: 242.

Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Northland: 1♂ (BMNH), glued on rectangular card, “Type” [red label, printed]; “252” [green label, printed]; “Tairua” [white label, printed]; “252. ♂.” [white label, handwritten]; “New Zealand Broun Coll. Brit. Mus. 1922–482.” [white label, printed]; “ Sagola deformipes ” [white label, handwritten].

Additional Material (n = 7; 4 males, 3 females). NEW ZEALAND: Auckland: 1♀, Waitakere Rgs, 1 VI 1942, M.W. Carter ; Bay of Plenty: 1♂, Tapapa Tukorehe Res., 300m, 25 III 1978, S. & J. Peck, berl., litter ; Northland: 1♂, Waipoua SF, 20 IX 1977, SH12, D.W. Helmore, rotten stumps/ trees 77/102 ; 1♀, Waipoua SF, Taraite Stump, 15 VI 1966, J.C. Watt ; 1♂, Waipoua SF, Wairau Summit, 387m, 11–14 IV 1980, podocarp-mixed broadleaf, A. Newton, M. Thayer, pyrethrin fogging Ganoderma sp .; 1♀, Waipoua SF, Toatoa tr., 270m, 12–15 IV 1980, toatoa-kauri-podocarpbroadlf, A. Newton, M. Thayer, berl., leaf and log litter, forest floor; Taupo: 1♂ (slide-mounted), Pureora Forest, Rimu Walk, 30 I 2008, K. Marske, R. Leschen, T. Buckley, Sifted wood and leaf litter, S 38.33.987′, E 175.43.068′, 479 m.

Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.

Redescription. Length 2.6–2.9 mm. Body brown, antennae, legs, and maxillary palpi paler, elytra yellowish brown (Fig. 25b). Head: Transverse, widest across temples (Fig. 25g). Antennomere 2 longer than wide, 3–10 subquadrate, 5–6 weakly enlarged. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum weakly transverse, widest at midpoint. Elytra rectangular (Fig. 25b). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, as long as wide. Aedeagus: Median lobe slender, much shorter than parameres (Fig. 25e). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and rectangular (Fig. 25e). Parameres asymmetrical, left longer than right with dense setae along mid line except apex (Fig. 25e). Right paramere with dense setae along midline (Fig. 25e).

Type Locality. Tairua, Coromandel, New Zealand .

Distribution. Auckland, Coromandel, Northland, Taupo (Fig. 26: triangles).

Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf and log litter in podocarp and broadleaf forests.