title: A revision of the New Zealand species of Howickia Richards.
abstract: Howickia Richards 1951 is redefined to include all wingless or strongly brachypterous Sphaeroceridae in New Zealand as well as two newly described fully winged species, H. oliveri and H. lepidostylus. Biroina Richards 1973 is newly treated as a junior subjective synonym of Howickia. The following new flightless species are described from New Zealand: H. bicolor, H. cordata, H. exasperata, H. harrisoni, H. mercurialis, H. nigrilegula, H. nigriventer, H. nudistylus, H. omamari, H. palmai, H. regalis, H. tangata, H. wahaika and H. zonula.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1.; Email: samarsha@uoguelph.ca.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1.; Email: stephen.pl.luk@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S P L
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Luk
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Fairylake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 518004.; Email: faye.huidong@gmail.com.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D013045:Species Specificity