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Porrostoma

Porrostoma is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae, occurring in Australia and New Zealand.

Porrostoma
Porrostoma rhipidius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lycidae
Tribe: Metriorrhynchini
Genus: Porrostoma
Laporte, 1838

Taxonomy edit

Most of the >100 species in Porrostoma were formerly placed in other genera such as Metriorrhynchus, and as a result, the spelling of the species names is subject to much confusion in the literature and online sources (e.g. [1]) but under ICZN Article 31 the correct spelling of all adjectival names requires agreement with the neuter gender of the genus, while all names that are nouns (or potentially nouns; e.g., eremita,[2] eucerus,[3] frater,[4] hexastichus,[5] monticola,[6] nigricauda,[7] paradoxa,[8] quinquecavus,[9] rhipidius[10], and trichocerus[11]) must retain their original spelling, and do not change.[12]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ [1] Genus Porrostoma: Atlas of Living Australia
  2. ^ [2] Wiktionary
  3. ^ [3] Wiktionary
  4. ^ [4] Wiktionary
  5. ^ [5] Wiktionary
  6. ^ [6] Wiktionary
  7. ^ [7] Wiktionary
  8. ^ [8] Wiktionary
  9. ^ [9] Wiktionary
  10. ^ [10] Wiktionary
  11. ^ [11] Wiktionary
  12. ^ ICZN Online
 

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