Sagola thorpei is a species of rove beetle belonging to the family Staphylinidae. The species was first described by Jong-Seok Park and Christopher E. Carlton in 2014, and is endemic to New Zealand.
The species was identified by Slovakian entomologist Jong-Seok Park and Christopher E. Carlton in 2014, based on a holotype collected by John Early and Stephen E. Thorpe in November 1999 from Cuvier Island. Park and Carlton named the species after Thorpe.
S. thorpei has a brown body and a length between . It can be distinguished from other members of Sagola due to having antennomeres 1 and 4 elongated (three times longer than side), well-developed hind wings and a unique genitalia shape.
The species is endemic to New Zealand, known to occur in islands of the Hauraki Gulf and off the northeast coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, North Island.