Porrorhynchus is a genus of beetles in the family Gyrinidae, containing the following species:[1][2]

Porrorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Gyrinidae
Subfamily: Gyrininae
Tribe: Dineutini
Genus: Porrorhynchus
Laporte, 1835
Type species
Porrorhynchus marginatus
Laporte, 1835
Synonyms

Ceylorhynchus Brinck, 1955

The subgenus Rhomborhynchus Ochs, 1926, containing the species Porrorhynchus depressus Régimbart, 1892 and Porrorhynchus misoolensis (Ochs, 1955), was tenatively transferred to Dineutus in 2017.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Gustafson, G.T.; Miller, K.B. (2016). "Revision of the Southeast Asian Whirligig Beetle Genus Porrorhynchus Laporte, 1835 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae: Dineutini)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70 (4): 675–714. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-70.4.675. S2CID 89364473.
  2. ^ a b Gustafson, G.T.; Miller, K.B. (2017). "Systematics and evolution of the whirligig beetle tribe Dineutini (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 118–150. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw014.