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<mods:title id="A829080F7EDC695F59AD0C0C5842E85A">A revision of the New Zealand species of Howickia Richards</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart id="F4FBB52646929A96F8B6E05F9891B132">Marshall, S. A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart id="EFA6731119C50A5B8C273421F5B0C3BC">Luk, S. P. L.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart id="8D0B8DDEF185FB96B4F32F51AB8F35A8">Dong, H.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title id="CEABDD439766002230CD76649BF33EB7">Zootaxa</mods:title>
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<treatment id="7D468E3E1803FFD837DDFDE1FCC6F870" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6129784" ID-GBIF-Taxon="127670827" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6129784" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:13D724F2-7B38-4D16-99C5-E55B043302B8" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D468E3E1803FFD837DDFDE1FCC6F870" lastPageNumber="15" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD837DDFDE1FD9CFDB6" blockId="14.[151,634,537,597]" box="[151,634,537,563]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<heading id="AE1888441803FFD837DDFDE1FD9CFDB6" bold="true" box="[151,634,537,563]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" reason="1">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD837DDFDE1FD9CFDB6" bold="true" box="[151,634,537,563]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName id="32EF44AB1803FFD837DDFDE1FDF3FDB6" authority="Marshall" authorityName="Marshall" box="[151,533,537,563]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Howickia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mercurialis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD837DDFDE1FE7BFDB6" bold="true" box="[151,413,537,563]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Howickia mercurialis</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="8DF87FB81803FFD836E9FDE1FDF3FDB6" box="[419,533,537,563]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Marshall</collectingCountry>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="DCA85E411803FFD83557FDE1FD9CFDB6" box="[541,634,537,563]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD837DDFDC4FE80FDD1" blockId="14.[151,634,537,597]" box="[151,358,572,597]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<figureCitation id="6DD423AD1803FFD837D5FDC4FEECFDD0" box="[159,266,572,597]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 8" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1947,1970]" captionTargetBox="[198,1378,401,1928]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[198,1384,401,1929]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 8. Howickia trilineata group, plate 1. Howickia bicolor Marshall, sp. n.: 1, habitus. Howickia oliveri Marshall, sp. n.: 2, habitus; 3, head; 4, right wing. Howickia mercurialis Marshall, sp. n.: 5, habitus; 6, left wing. Howickia omamari Marshall, sp. n.: 7, head; 8, habitus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/287461/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Figs. 5, 6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="6DD423AD1803FFD8365CFDC4FEB8FDD1" box="[278,350,572,596]" captionStart="FIGURES 34 – 39" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1880,1903]" captionTargetBox="[234,1275,307,1809]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,195,1859]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 34 – 39. Howickia mercurialis Marshall, sp. n.: 34, epandrium, posterior; 35, male left surstylus; 36, male sternite 5; 37, aedeagus and associated structures; 38, female spermathecae. Howickia omamari Marshall, sp. n.: 39, male left surstylus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/287467/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">34–38</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD837DDFD7CFECFFD18" bold="true" box="[151,297,644,669]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description.</emphasis>
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Colour: Face bare and shining at middle only, upper and lower margins white pruinose; gena mostly bare with vibrissal angle and upper margin white pruinose. Legs mostly brown with orange knees; first tarsomere of fore and mid leg reddish brown, other tarsomeres pale brown to white.
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD8378DFD17FD84FCA8" blockId="14.[151,1437,644,2037]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Head: Upper orbital bristle minute, outer vertical similarly reduced. Ocelli small but distinct. Arista with hairs 1.5X as long as width of first aristomere.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD8378DFCCFFBF9FC38" blockId="14.[151,1437,644,2037]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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Thorax: Scutum shining, without microtrichia except for narrow anterior and posterior fringes. Postalar and dorsocentral twice as long as scutellar bristles. Scutellum
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as wide as long, bare and shining except for microtrichose margin. Wing present as a short, oval, transluscent flap with a single loop of venation. Portion of wing beyond loop of venation less than half as large as portion enclosed by vein.
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD8378DFC3FFB89FC65" blockId="14.[151,1437,644,2037]" box="[199,1135,967,992]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Abdomen: Tergites 1–3 fused into a large syntergite covering most of the abdomen.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD8378DFC14FEBEFACD" blockId="14.[151,1437,644,2037]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Male abdomen: Synsternite 2+3 large, longer than sternites 4–5 combined. Sternite 5 short, subequal to sternite 4, slightly paler medially and with medial area flanked by small setae; sternite 4 unmodified. Subanal plate complete, narrow; lower/outer part of cercus broadly rounded. Surstylus with stout posteroventral spur and quadrate anteroventral process, ventral surface otherwise smooth. Hypandrium broadly but asymmetrically fused with anteroventral corners of epandrium, fused area of right side shorter and twice as wide as fused area on left. Ventral lobe of hypandrium prominent, U-shaped. Posterodorsal apodeme of hypandrium strongly developed, reaching anterior surface of distiphallus near base. Distiphallus relatively broad and short, with a broad spinulose apex. Postgonites narrow, slightly broader basally and bent anteriorly at right angles near middle, distal part parallel-sided. Basiphallus frame-like, projecting posteriorly but deflexed ventrally and distally almost parallel to distiphallus base.</paragraph>
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Female abdomen: As described for
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD8351EFAADFD20FAE9" box="[596,710,1364,1388]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">H. bicolor</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD8378DF96FFAF3F951" blockId="14.[151,1437,644,2037]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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Other material examined (in alcohol, not designated as
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<typeStatus id="2A54818A1803FFD83470F961FC4FF934" box="[826,937,1689,1713]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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; in addition to several further vials from the Mercury Islands): Ohena Islands, Keruenga Island,
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<date id="815119E81803FFD83593F944FC8BF951" box="[729,877,1724,1748]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" value="1972-11-27">27.Nov.1972</date>
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, G.W. Ramsay (
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<specimenCount id="E3E9F4A11803FFD83355F944FB4AF950" box="[1055,1196,1724,1749]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
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,
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<collectionCode id="93FEA7ED1803FFD833F2F944FAECF951" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34070" box="[1208,1290,1724,1748]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34070" name="New Zealand Arthropod Collection" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">NZAC</collectionCode>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="BDF56CA31803FFD8378DF927FC7DF97D" box="[199,923,1759,1785]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD8378DF927FC7DF97D" blockId="14.[151,1437,644,2037]" box="[199,923,1759,1785]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD8378DF927FEA8F97D" bold="true" box="[199,334,1759,1784]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Etymology.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="32EF44AB1803FFD8361EF918FDA0F97D" box="[340,582,1760,1784]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Howickia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mercurialis">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD8361EF918FDA0F97D" box="[340,582,1760,1784]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Howickia mercurialis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is named for the
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<typeStatus id="2A54818A1803FFD83440F919FCDCF97C" box="[778,826,1761,1785]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">type</typeStatus>
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locality.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="BDF56CA31803FFD8378DF8FCFCC6F870" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD8378DF8FCFC42F80D" blockId="14.[151,1437,644,2037]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD8378DF8FCFEA9F898" bold="true" box="[199,335,1796,1821]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Comments.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="32EF44AB1803FFD8361DF8FCFDADF899" box="[343,587,1796,1820]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Howickia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mercurialis">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD8361DF8FCFDADF899" box="[343,587,1796,1820]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Howickia mercurialis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is closely related to
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<taxonomicName id="32EF44AB1803FFD8347DF8FDFC26F899" box="[823,960,1797,1820]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Howickia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="omamari">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD8347DF8FDFC26F899" box="[823,960,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">H. omamari</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, with which it shares several unequivocal synapomorphies including the capsule-like abdomen dominated by a hugely expanded syntergite 1–3. These species have distinctly different surstyli and can be easily separated by the relative pruinosity of the scutum (bare and shining in
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<taxonomicName id="32EF44AB1803FFD83676F889FE39F80D" box="[316,479,1904,1928]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Howickia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mercurialis">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD83676F889FE39F80D" box="[316,479,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">H. mercurialis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, microtrichose and dull in
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<taxonomicName id="32EF44AB1803FFD83446F889FC72F802" box="[780,916,1904,1928]" class="Insecta" family="Sphaeroceridae" genus="Howickia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="omamari">
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<emphasis id="C79BE33A1803FFD83446F889FC72F802" box="[780,916,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">H. omamari</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F5503F281803FFD8378DF86CFCC6F870" blockId="14.[151,1437,644,2037]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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All specimens are from the Mercury Islands except the three specimens from Cuvier Island, about
|
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<quantity id="321792CD1803FFD8325EF86CFABCF828" box="[1300,1370,1940,1965]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
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north of Mercury Island. Those three specimens have a more reddish thorax than any of the specimens from the Mercury Islands, but they seem identical in male genitalic features.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document>
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