Australosagola, a new genus of pselaphine beetles from southern Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Faronitae) with descriptions of seven new species

By

Choi, Su-Ho
Chandler, Donald S.
Park, Jong-Seok

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-15

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1245

Pages

177--205

Subjects

ant-loving beetle , Gondwana , new combination , Sagola , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1245.151556

 

Abstract

The new Australian genus, Australosagola, gen. nov. supertribe Faronitae, is described with seven new species and three new combinations for species previously assigned to Sagola Sharp, 1874. This genus includes Australosagola tasmaniae (Lea, 1911), comb. nov. (type species), A. rugicornis (Oke, 1932), comb. nov., A. helenae (Oke, 1925), comb. nov., A. minsangisp. nov., A. minhoisp. nov., A. jiwookisp. nov., A. sunheeisp. nov., A. doohyungisp. nov., A. jungjoonisp. nov., and A. yongsoonisp. nov. A key, illustrations of major diagnostic characters, habitus images, and distribution maps are provided.