A revision of the New Zealand species of Howickia Richards Author Marshall, S. A. Author Luk, S. P. L. Author Dong, H. text Zootaxa 2014 3887 1 1 36 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.1 9f78f2e6-ed95-4639-b784-e027d0451853 1175-5326 287460 A305AADA-ED80-4894-B8C4-2091F2F35544 Howickia wahaika Marshall sp. nov. ( Figs. 70–74 ) Description. Head: Eye 2.8–3.0X genal height. Thorax: Scutellum 2.0X as wide as long; basal and apical marginal bristles subequal in length. Male abdomen: Sternite 5 as long as sternite 4 medially, posteromedial area pale with a very pale central strip flanked by about 7 inclinate, short, stout bristles on each side; posteromedial margin with a straight comb of about 20 closely appressed flat bristles. Subanal plate complete, unusually high, fringed with short bristles on each side; ventral part of cercus projecting well below subanal plate, with one long and several shorter bristles. Surstylus broadly ovate, with a single long, narrow anteroventrally directed lobe bristle behind a posteriorly directed fingerlike lobe; fingerlike lobe with a smaller pale apical bristle. Distiphallus very narrow, tubular, tapered. Postgonite long and narrow, curved in apical third. Basiphallus frame-like, projecting posteriorly beyond distiphallus base for a distance almost equal to width of distiphallus base. Female. No females with everted ovipositors were available for study. Type material. Holotype (male, NZAC ): "Upper Maitai, 3.5.50 , E.S. Gourlay" (near Nelson, South Island). Paratypes : Same as holotype ( 2 males , one headless, NZAC ); South Island, Lewis River Valley, Duggan’s Creek, fungus trap #3, beech forest, S. Hodge, 1998, debu00104550 (male, DEBU ); Titi Island, Cook Straight, in litter at entrance of petrel burrow, J.G. Stahl, 17.Jan.2012 ( 9 specimens in alcohol; NMNZ ; 2 males with abdomens removed). Etymology. The specific epithet is from the Maori name for a short war club, and refers to the short and broad surstylus of this species.