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.^[3][4][5]

Howickia
Howickia trilineata, New Zealand
Scientific classification
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]
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

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

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 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