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Henry Fuller Howden

Carleton University, Canada
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa

Taxonomic specialization:

SCARABAEOIDEA

ADDRESS:

Canadian Museum of Nature
P.O. Box 3443, Station D
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4
CANADA
TEL: (613) 224-3717
FAX: (613) 953-9831

E-mail: henry.howden@rogers.com
Internet: http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/workers/HHowden.htm

DATE AND PLACE
OF BIRTH:

August 19, 1925.
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Henry Howden has broad interests in the taxonomy, ecology, biology, biogeography, and evolution of the Scarabaeoidea. During his long career he has published numerous papers on many groups of scarabs. He is probably best known as the world's leading specialist on the Geotrupinae, and he has published major monographs on the geotrupines of North, Central, and South America as well as Australia. He has also conducted extensive taxonomic research on the Scarabaeinae and produced a monograph (with O. Young) on the Scarabaeinae of Panama and a monograph (with Oscar Cartwright) on the Onthophagus of the United States. Although now retired from Carlton University, he continues to work actively in conjunction with the Canadian Museum of Nature. His extensive collection is now being gradually donated to the Canadian Museum of Nature.

A.G. Kirejtshuk.
August 2007.

TOTAL OF PUBLICATIONS: over 150


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:	Howden, H.F. 1955. The biology and taxonomy of the North American beetles of the subfamily Geotrupinae with revisions of the genera Bolbocerosoma, Eucanthus, Geotrupes, and Peltotrupes (Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104: 151-319. Howden, H.F. 1959. Descriptions of two new species of Cyrtinus LeConte; with a key to the New World Cyrtinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Canadian Entomologist 91: 372-375. Crossley, D.A., Jr., and H.F. Howden. 1961. Insect-vegetation relationships in an area contaminated by radioactive wastes. Ecology 42: 302-317. Howden, H.F. 1961. New species and a new genus of Melolonthinae from the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist 93: 807-812. Howden, H.F. 1961. A revision of the New World species of Thalycra Erichson, with a description of a new genus and notes on generic synonymy (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 25: 61 pp. Howden, H.F. and O.L. Cartwright. 1963. Scarab beetles of the genus Onthophagus Latreille north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 114: 1-135. Howden. H.F. 1963. Speculations on some beetles, barriers, and climates during the Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene periods in some non-glaciated portions of North America. Systematic Zoology 12: 178-201. Howden, H.F. 1964. The Geotrupinae of North and Central America. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 39: 91 pp. Howden, H.F. 1966. Notes on Canthonini of the "Biologia Centrali-Americana" and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist 98: 725-741. Howden, H.F. 1966. Some possible effects of the Pleistocene on the distributions of North American Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 98: 1177-1190. Howden, H.F. 1968. A review of the Trichiinae of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 54: 77 pp. Howden, H.F., H.E. Evans, and E.O. Wilson. 1968. A suggested revision of nomenclatural procedure in animal taxonomy. Systematic Zoology 13,: 188-191. Howden, H.F. 1969. Effects of the Pleistocene on North American insects. Ann. Rev. Ent. 14: 39-56. Howden, H.F. 1970. The Coleoptera; in Fauna of Sable Island and its Zoogeographic Affinities. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Publications in Zoology, No. 4, pp. 1-30. Howden. H.F. 1972. Systematics and zoogeography: science or politics? Systematic Zoology 21: 129-131. Kaiser, G.W., L.P. Lefkovitch, and H.F. Howden. 1972. Faunal provinces in Canada as exemplified by mammals and birds: a mathematical consideration. Canadian Journal of Zoology 50: 1087-1104. Howden, H.F. 1974. Problems in interpreting dispersal of terrestrial organisms as related to continental drift. Biotropica, 6: 1-6. Howden. H.F. 1977. Beetles, beach drift and island biogeography. Biotropica 9(1): 53-57. Howden, H.F. and J.B. Cooper. 1977. The generic classification of Bolboceratini of the Australian Region, with descriptions of four new genera (Scarabaeidae, Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 50: 1-50. Howden. H.F. 1982. Zoogeography of some Australian Coleoptera as exemplified by the Scarabaeoidea. in Ecological Biogeography of Australia (ed. A. Keast): W. Junk publisher. Chapter 35. 29 pp. Howden, H.F. and O.P. Young. 1981. Panamanian Scarabaeinae Taxonomy, Distribution, and Habits. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 18: 1-204. Howden, H.F. 1984. "Family: Scarabaeidae Subfamily: Geotrupinae," in A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook Number 529-34a, 1984, pp. 1-17. Howden, H.F. 1985. Expansion and contraction cycles, endemism and area: the taxon cycle brought full circle. pp. 473-487; in Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Zoogeography of beetles and ants. (ed. George E. Ball.) W. Junk Publ. Dordrecht. 514 pp. Helava, J.V.T., H.F. Howden, and A.J. Ritchie. 1985. A review of the New World genera of the Myrmecophilous and Termitophilous subfamily Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Sociobiology, 10(2): 127-386. Scholtz, C.H. and H.F. Howden. 1987. A revision of the African Canthonina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 50: 75-119. Howden, H.F. 1989. The Geotrupinae of New Guinea (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 261-289. Stebnicka, Z.T. and H.F. Howden. 1995. Revision of Austrailia Genera in the Tribes Aphodiini, Aegialiini and Proctophanini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeodae: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 9: 709-766. Stebnicka, Z.T. and H.F. Howden. 1997. Revision of the Australian Species of Ataenius Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 735-821. Howden, H.F. and B.D. Gill. 2000. Tribes of New World Ceratocanthinae, with Keys to Genera and Descriptions of New Species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Sociobiology 35(2b): 281-329.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Howden, H.F. 1955. The biology and taxonomy of the North American beetles of the subfamily Geotrupinae with revisions of the genera Bolbocerosoma, Eucanthus, Geotrupes, and Peltotrupes (Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104: 151-319.

Howden, H.F. 1959. Descriptions of two new species of Cyrtinus LeConte; with a key to the New World Cyrtinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Canadian Entomologist 91: 372-375.

Crossley, D.A., Jr., and H.F. Howden. 1961. Insect-vegetation relationships in an area contaminated by radioactive wastes. Ecology 42: 302-317.

Howden, H.F. 1961. New species and a new genus of Melolonthinae from the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist 93: 807-812.

Howden, H.F. 1961. A revision of the New World species of Thalycra Erichson, with a description of a new genus and notes on generic synonymy (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 25: 61 pp.

Howden, H.F. and O.L. Cartwright. 1963. Scarab beetles of the genus Onthophagus Latreille north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 114: 1-135.

Howden. H.F. 1963. Speculations on some beetles, barriers, and climates during the Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene periods in some non-glaciated portions of North America. Systematic Zoology 12: 178-201.

Howden, H.F. 1964. The Geotrupinae of North and Central America. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 39: 91 pp.

Howden, H.F. 1966. Notes on Canthonini of the "Biologia Centrali-Americana" and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist 98: 725-741.

Howden, H.F. 1966. Some possible effects of the Pleistocene on the distributions of North American Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 98: 1177-1190.

Howden, H.F. 1968. A review of the Trichiinae of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 54: 77 pp.

Howden, H.F., H.E. Evans, and E.O. Wilson. 1968. A suggested revision of nomenclatural procedure in animal taxonomy. Systematic Zoology 13,: 188-191.

Howden, H.F. 1969. Effects of the Pleistocene on North American insects. Ann. Rev. Ent. 14: 39-56.

Howden, H.F. 1970. The Coleoptera; in Fauna of Sable Island and its Zoogeographic Affinities. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Publications in Zoology, No. 4, pp. 1-30.

Howden. H.F. 1972. Systematics and zoogeography: science or politics? Systematic Zoology 21: 129-131.

Kaiser, G.W., L.P. Lefkovitch, and H.F. Howden. 1972. Faunal provinces in Canada as exemplified by mammals and birds: a mathematical consideration. Canadian Journal of Zoology 50: 1087-1104.

Howden, H.F. 1974. Problems in interpreting dispersal of terrestrial organisms as related to continental drift. Biotropica, 6: 1-6.

Howden. H.F. 1977. Beetles, beach drift and island biogeography. Biotropica 9(1): 53-57.

Howden, H.F. and J.B. Cooper. 1977. The generic classification of Bolboceratini of the Australian Region, with descriptions of four new genera (Scarabaeidae, Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 50: 1-50.

Howden. H.F. 1982. Zoogeography of some Australian Coleoptera as exemplified by the Scarabaeoidea. in Ecological Biogeography of Australia (ed. A. Keast): W. Junk publisher. Chapter 35. 29 pp.

Howden, H.F. and O.P. Young. 1981. Panamanian Scarabaeinae Taxonomy, Distribution, and Habits. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 18: 1-204.

Howden, H.F. 1984. "Family: Scarabaeidae Subfamily: Geotrupinae," in A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook Number 529-34a, 1984, pp. 1-17.

Howden, H.F. 1985. Expansion and contraction cycles, endemism and area: the taxon cycle brought full circle. pp. 473-487; in Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Zoogeography of beetles and ants. (ed. George E. Ball.) W. Junk Publ. Dordrecht. 514 pp.

Helava, J.V.T., H.F. Howden, and A.J. Ritchie. 1985. A review of the New World genera of the Myrmecophilous and Termitophilous subfamily Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Sociobiology, 10(2): 127-386.

Scholtz, C.H. and H.F. Howden. 1987. A revision of the African Canthonina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 50: 75-119.

Howden, H.F. 1989. The Geotrupinae of New Guinea (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 261-289.

Stebnicka, Z.T. and H.F. Howden. 1995. Revision of Austrailia Genera in the Tribes Aphodiini, Aegialiini and Proctophanini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeodae: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 9: 709-766.

Stebnicka, Z.T. and H.F. Howden. 1997. Revision of the Australian Species of Ataenius Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 735-821.

Howden, H.F. and B.D. Gill. 2000. Tribes of New World Ceratocanthinae, with Keys to Genera and Descriptions of New Species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Sociobiology 35(2b): 281-329.