Taxonavigation

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Pselaphinae
Supertribus: Faronitae
Genus: Ahnea
Species: Ahnea ventralis
Synonym: Sagola planicula

Name

Sagola planicula Broun, 1921: 503

• Original genus: Sagola Sharp, 1874
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Unique ('A single individual ...')
  • Description: [Adult] male
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'Mount Te Aroha, Auckland ... at a height of 2,000 ft.' [NEW ZEALAND BP/CL/WO]
• ZooBank: [No record]

References

• Broun, T. 1921. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part VI. New Zealand Institute bulletin (1)(6): 475–590. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12470 Reference page.  [See p. 503; original description]

• Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection report, 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X PDF. Reference page.  [See p. 48, as Exeirarthra planicula]

• Nomura, S.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2006: Faunistic review on the pselaphine species known from New Zealand (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). National Science Museum monographs, (34): 239–272. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 241; 'Sagola planicula Broun was transferred to Exeirarthra by Kuschel, 1990, though it should be Sagola, because it does not have key characters of this genus']

• Park, J.-S. & Carlton, C.E. 2014. Ahnea, a new genus from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), with description of a new species. Canadian entomologist 147(4): 381–389. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2014.65 Reference page.  [See p. [2]; 'New synonym']