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.[3][4][5]
| Howickia | |
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| Howickia trilineata, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sphaeroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Limosininae |
| Genus: | Howickia Richards, 1951[1] |
| Type species | |
| Howickia trilineata (Hutton, 1901)[2]
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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.[6][5]
Species
editThese 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 holti Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
- Howickia irwini Kuwahara & Marshall, 2022
- 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 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 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
edit- ^ Richards, O. W. (1951). "Brachypterous Sphaeroceridae". British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1934-1935. 2 (8): 829–851.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Howickia". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ a b "Howickia Richards, 1951". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Genus Howickia Richards, 1951". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Howickia at iNaturalist
Media related to Howickia at Wikimedia Commons
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