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Howickia

Howickia is a genus of lesser dung flies in the family Sphaeroceridae. There are more than 60 described species in Howickia, found in Australia and New Zealand.

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Howickia
Howickia trilineata, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily: Limosininae
Genus: Howickia
Richards, 19511
Type species
Howickia trilineata
(Hutton, 1901)2
Synonyms
  • Otawayia Richards, 1973
  • Australimosina Papp, 2008 [2]
  • Apterobiroina Papp, 1979 [1]
  • Bentrovata Richards, 1973
  • Biroina Richards, 1973
  • Monteithiana Richards, 1973
  • Otwayia Richards, 1973
  • Popondetta Richards, 1973

Howickia is a genus of lesser dung flies in the family Sphaeroceridae. There are more than 60 described species in Howickia, found in Australia and New Zealand.345

Six genera have been synonymized with Howickia, which resulted in the species of Apterobiroina, Australimosina, Bentrovata, Monteithiana, Popondetta, and Otwayia being moved to this genus.65

Species

These 62 species belong to the genus Howickia:

  • Howickia acicula Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia auricoma Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia australis (Papp, 1979)
  • Howickia biantenna Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia bicolor Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia brevior (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia capitalis (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia cordata Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia cruspica Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia cynthia (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia dealata (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia dodo (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia erythrocephala Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia exasperata Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia flagella Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia flavipes (Papp, 2021)
  • Howickia flaviterga (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia flavithorax (Papp, 2021)
  • Howickia fuscalis (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia grandisterna Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia hardyana (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia harrisoni Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia hirsuta Kuwahara & Marshall, 20267
  • Howickia holti Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia irwini Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia kukali Kuwahara & Marshall, 20267
  • Howickia kurandensis (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia lepidostylus Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia loligo Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia mecurialis Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia mercurialis Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia myersi (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia myrmecophila (Knab & Malloch, 1912)
  • Howickia neoregalis Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia nigrilegula Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia nigriventer Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia nitidipleura (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia notechis Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia nuda Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia nudistylus Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia oliveri Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia omamari Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia palmai Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia percostata (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia pertusa Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia pinnula Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia pseudovittata Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia regalis (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia robustaseta Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia sabina (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia subsinuata (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia sumatrana Kuwahara & Marshall, 20267
  • Howickia symmetrica (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia tangata Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia tricolor Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia trilineata (Hutton, 1901)
  • Howickia trivittata (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia truemani Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia trulliformis Kuwahara & Marshall, 20267
  • Howickia truncata (Papp, 2021)
  • Howickia vernalis (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia wahaika Marshall, 2014
  • Howickia wamini Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia wilsoni (Richards, 1973)
  • Howickia xanthocephala Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
  • Howickia zonula Marshall, 2014
References

References

  1. Richards, O. W. (1951). "Brachypterous Sphaeroceridae". British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1934-1935. 2 (8): 829–851.
  2. Hutton, Frederick Wollaston (1901). "Synopsis of the Diptera Brachycera of New Zealand". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 33: 1–95. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. Rohček, Jindřich; Marshall, Stephen A.; Norrbom, Allen L.; Buck, Matthias; Quiros, Dora Isabel; Smith, Ian (2001). Rohček, Jindřich (ed.). World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava: Slezské Zemské Muzeum. pp. 1–414. ISBN 978-8086224213. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. "Howickia". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
  5. "Howickia Richards, 1951". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
  6. "Genus Howickia Richards, 1951". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
  7. Kuwahara, G. K., & Marshall, S. A. (2026). A revision of the species of the genus Howickia (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from Papua New Guinea and the Oriental Region, with the description of four new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 74, 37–61. https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2026-0006
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