Francis G. Howarth

Botanist · 1890–1964

1,133 specimens, collected between 1971 and 2003 on 200 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 255 specimens for others.

On the labels as F. G. Howarth, F G Howarth, Howarth, F.G., Howarth, F. G., F.G. Howarth, Howarth, F., Howarth, Francis G. Howarth and 9 more.

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Specimens: 1,133
Type specimens: 61
Years in the field: 33
Islands: 6
Species: 237
Identifications: 255
In the Library: 59
Named after: 7

Where Howarth collected

Specimens by decade

1970s2000s

Earliest: Oliarus priola, 1971 (Maui). Latest: Scaevola mollis, 2003.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

2024
A natural history survey of North Halawa Valley, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Cultural and Environmental Sciences 5, 84 pp
Polhemus, D.A., Howarth, F.G.& Miller, S.E. (editors)
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2024
The birds of North Halawa Valley
Preston, D.J., R. Pyle, F.G. Howarth · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
The insect and related arthropod fauna of North Halawa Valley. Part 1: overall faunal profile
Preston, D.J., F.G. Howarth, G.M. Nishida, D.A. Polhemus · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
A natural history of North Halawa Valley, Oahu, Hawaii
Polhemus, D.A., F.G. Howarth, S.E. Miller · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
Geography and climate
Polhemus, D.A., F.G. Howarth · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
Introduction
Polhemus, D.A., F.G. Howarth · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2020
Hawaiian lava tube cave associated Lepidoptera from the collections of Francis G. Howarth and Fred D. Stone
Howarth, F.G., Medeiros, M.J. & Stone, F. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 129: 37-54.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2017
The Afrotropical biting midge, Forcipomyia ( Forcipomyia) biannuata (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) established in the United States
Grogan, W.L., Jr., Howarth, F.G. & Hribar, L. · In: Evenhuis, N.L., Ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2016. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 119: 29-37.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2013
In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012
Howarth, F.G. & Oishi, D.E. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 114: 59–60.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2012
Surveying for terrestrial arthropods (insects and relatives) occurring within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i: synthesis report
Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J. & Pyle, R. · Prepared for EKNA Services, Inc. and Hawaii State Department of Transportation, Airports Division, Honolulu. Bishop Museum Technical Report 58, 215 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2010
Biological inventory of selcted lava tubes within Kalaupapa National Historic Park
Howarth, F.G. & Stone, F. · Final report prepared for Natinoal Park Service, Pacific Island Network, Hawaii National Park, Hawaii. 90 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2009
Evolution of cave living in awaiian Schrankia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with description of a remarkable new cave species
Medeiros, M.J., Davis, D., Howarth, F.G. & Gillespie, R. · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 156, 114-139.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2008
Alien species bilogical assessment for the statewide large-capacity inter-island ferry environmental impact statement
Howarth, F.G., Coles, S.L. & Imada, C.T. · Final report prepared for State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Harbors Division. 45 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2007
Monitoring for terrestrial arthropods (insects and relatives) within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i, Phase II. Final report prepared for E.k
Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J. · Noda & Associates, Honolulu. 108 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2007
Identification of roots in lava tubes using molecular techniques: implications for conservation of cave faunas
Howarth, F.G., James, S.A., McDowell, W., Preston, D.J. & Imada, C.T. · Journal of Insect Conservation 11: 251-261.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2006
Cave resources survey and environmental assessment of the limestone sinkhole (Disposal area 101) within Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Waimanalo, Hawai`i
Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J. · Final report prepared for Shaw Environmental, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai`i. 14 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2006
Monitoring for arthropods (insects and relatives) occurring within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i, Phase I. Final Report prepared for E.K. Noda & Associates, Honolulu, Hawaii
Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.P. · 80 pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2005
Cave faunal survey and environmental assessment for the reburial of the Mokapu collection abaord Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kane`ohe, Hawai`i
Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J. · Report prepared for United state Marine Corps, Marine corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay. 16 + [9]pp.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2004
Hawaiian Islands: Biospeleology, p
Howarth, F.G. · 417-419. In: Gunn, J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of cave and karst science. Routledge Publ.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2003
An assessment of the biological importance and recommendations for management of caves within the Kukui‘Ula property, Koloa, Kaua‘i
Howarth, F.G. W. McDowell & J. Dockall · Final report prepared for Kukui‘la Development Company, Koloa, Kaua‘i.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2003
Cave insects, p
Howarth, F.G. · 158-163. In: Resh, V.H. & R.T. Cardé, eds., Encyclopedia of insects. Academic Press.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2003
Invertebrate survey of Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii
Howarth, F.G., D. Preston, F. Moretzsohn & M. McShane · Final report. Prepared for U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. 60 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2003
Biological assessment of the lavatubes of the Hiluhilu development area, Kau, North Kona, Hawai‘i
Howarth, F.G., D.J. Preston & S.A. James · Final report. Prepared for Hiluhilu Development, LLC, Kamuela, Hawai‘i.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2002
Evolution in cave-adapted isopods (Oniscidea: Philosciidae): vicariant speciation or adaptive shifts?
Rivera, M.A.J., F.G. Howarth, S. Taiti & G.K. Roderick · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 25: 1-9.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2002
An assessment of the conservation status of the terrestrial cave fauna occurring on the islands of Maui and Molokai, hawaii
Howarth, F.G. · Final report prepared for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2002
Range, habitat, and ecological notes on the wekiu bug ( Nesius wekiuicola), a rare insect species unique to Mauna kea, Hawai‘i Island
Englund, R.A., D.A. Polhemus, F.G. Howarth & S.L. Montgomery · Final report. Prepared for Office of Mauna Kea Management, University of Hawaii, Hilo.49 p. [ high res pdf -- 1.9 MB ] [ low res pdf -- 568 KB ]
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2002
Leg attenuation and seasonal femur length: mass relationships in cavernicolous crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae and Rhaphidophoridae)
Studier, E.H., K.H. Lavoie & F.G. Howarth · J. Cave Karst Stud. 64(2): 126-131.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2001
Kahului Airport arthropod baseline survey
Howarth, F.G. & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Edward K. Noda and Associates, Inc.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2000
Kahului Airport arthropod baseline survey. second quarterly progress report
Howarth, F.G. & D.J. Preston · Report to Edward K. Noda and Associates, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2000
Attractiveness of methyl-eugenol-baited traps to oriental fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae): effects of dosage, placement, and color
Howarth, V.M.C. & F.G. Howarth · Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 34: 187-198.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
An arthropod assessment within selected areas within Mauna Kea Science Reserve
Brenner, G., Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J. & Montgomery, S. · Task 4 and Task 5. Preliminary report. An assessment of arthropod occurrence in selected bufer zone habitats and a comparison of wekiu bug occurrence between summit and buffer habitats. Prepared for The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
Proposed new Hawai‘i Island correctional facility, Waiakea, South Hilo, Island of Hawai‘i: assessment of potential impacts on invertebrates (snails, insects and other arthropods)
Cowie, R.H., Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J., Rundell, R.J., Stone, F.D. & Montgomery, S.L. · Final report to Wilson Okamoto, Inc., Honolulu. 82 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
Environmental risks of biological control of vertebrates, p
Howarth, F.G. · 399-410. In: Rodda, G.H., Sawai, Y., Chiszar, D. & H. Tanaka, eds., Problem snake managment. The habu and the brown tree snake. Comstock Publishing Assoc., Ithaca & London.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
An arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve
Howarth, F.G., Brenner, G.J. & D.J. Preston · Final Report. Prepared for the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
Proposed new Hawai‘i Island correctional facility, Waiakea, South Hilo, Island of Hawai‘i: assessment of potential impacts on invertebrates (snails, insects and other arthropods) of improvements to Stainback Highway
Howarth, F.G., Cowie, R.H., Preston, D.J., Englund, R.A., Rundell, R.J., Stone, F.D. & Montgomery, S.L. · Bishop Museum Report [draft] to Wilson Okamoto, Inc., Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
Multiple cave invasions by species of the planthopper genus Oliarus in Hawaii (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae)
Hoch, H & F. Howarth · Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 127: 453-75.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1998
Arthropod and avian species assessment for the Unisyn Biowaste Technology EIS. Report prepared for Unisyn Biowaste Technology for Kimura International
Englund, R., Howarth, F.G. & Preston, D.J.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1998
Preliminary Assessment of the midge problem at Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge Diptera: Chironomidae: Polypedilum nubiferum (Skuse)
Howarth, F.G. · Report submitted to Ducks Unlimited.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1998
An arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve
Brenner, G.J. & F.G. Howarth · Task 2. Preliminary Report. An assessment of arthropod seasonal fluctuation. Report submitted to University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
Preliminary report of work on an arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve
Howarth, F.G., Brenner & G.J., Preston, D.J. · Report submitted to Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
Preliminary report of work on an arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. Part 1: Reconnaissance and development of the trapping protocol
Howarth, F.G., Brenner, G.J., Preston, D.J. & P.T. Oboyski · Report submitted to Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
Preliminary report of work on an arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. Part 2: Wekiu bug activity determined by pitfall trapping within selected areas of the Mauna Science Reserve during 1997
Brenner, G.J., Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J. & P.T. Oboyski · Report submitted to Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
Potential habitats on Mauna Kea summit Science Reserve
Howarth, F.G., Brenner, G.J. & D.J. Preston · Task 3. An arthropod assessment within selected areas of the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. Report submitted to the Hawaii Institute of Astronomy, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1996
Terrestrial isopods from the Hawaiian Islands (Isopoda: Oniscidea)
Taiti, S. & F.G. Howarth · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 45: 59-71.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1996
Biological inventory of caves and lava tubes within the Pohakuloa Training Area
Howarth, F.G., F.D. Stone, and Hawaii Natural Heritage Program · Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Honolulu. vi + 263 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1996
Saddle Road Project: assessment of the impacts on invertebrates (land snails, insects, and other arthropods)
Evenhuis, N.L., R.H. Cowie, G.M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson, and F.G. Howarth · Report prepared for Rust E & I, Phoenix. 84 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1996
The major taxonomic groups that become invasive alien pests in Hawaii and the characteristics that make them pestiferous
Howarth, F.G. · Report prepared for the Biological Assessment for the Kahului Airport Master Plan Improvement Project and submitted to Lipsey & Associates, Inc., Jacksonville, FL. 25 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
Insects of Hawaii, p
Howarth, F.G., Nishida, G.M. & Asquith, A. · 365-68. In: LaRoe, E.T. et al., eds., Our living resources 1994. U.S. Department of Interior. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
Cave inventory and assessment survey for selected caves in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Howarth, F.G., Stone, F.D., Pearthree, E. & Lippert, J. · Report to Resources Management Division, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. [Nine caves surveyed, each with separate pagination; plus appendix.]
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
Natural history of Halawa Valley
Howarth, F.G. · In: Bishop Museum Report to Hawaii State Department of Transportation. H-3 Project.112 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
Reconnaissance survey of the caves of the coastal lands of the Kiholo Bay Area, Island of Hawaii
Howarth, F.G. & Stone, F.D. · Bishop Museum Report to the Division of State Parks, DLNR.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
Biological survey of subterranean habitats and cave resources inventory of the Kanaio Training Area, Maui, Hawaii
Howarth, F.G., Major, M. & Preston, D. · In: Biological reconnaissance survey of the Kanaio Training Area, Maui, Hawaii. Report prepared for the Hawaii Army National Guard by the Hawaii Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
High-stress subterranean habitats and evolutionary change in cave-inhabiting athropods
Howarth, F.G. · American Naturalist 142 (Supplement): S65-S77.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
Evolutionary dynamics of behavioral divergence among populations of the Hawaiian cave-dwelling planthopper Oliarus polyphemus (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea)
Hoch, H. & Howarth, F.G. · Pacific Science 47: 303-18.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
Conservation of Hawaii's speleological resources
Howarth, F.G. & Stone, F.D. · Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Volcanospeleology (Bend, Oregon) 1993: 124-26.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Hawaiian insects and their kin
Howarth, F.G. & Mull, W.P. · University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 160 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
A review of the Hawaiian stream insect fauna, p
Howarth, F.G. & Polhemus, D. · 40-50. In: New directions in research, management and conservation of Hawaiian freshwater stream ecosystems. Proceedings of the 1990 Symposium on Freshwater Stream Biology and Fisheries Management. Hawaii DLNR, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Status report on the biological resources in Kalua O Lapa Lava Tube at Ahihi Kinau Natural Area Rserve, Island of Maui
Stone, F.D. & Howarth, F.G. · Bishop Museum Report to the Natural Area Reserves System Commission, DLNR.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Reconnaissance survey of cave resources within the Manuka Natural Area Reserve, S. Kona, Island of Hawaii
Chan, J., Howarth, F.G. & Stone, F.D. · Bishop Museum Report to the Natural Area Reserve System Commission, DLNR.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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Named for Howarth

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Howarth. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

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255 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: