Porrostoma | |
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Porrostoma rhipidius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Lycidae |
Tribe: | Metriorrhynchini |
Genus: |
Porrostoma Laporte, 1838 |
Porrostoma is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae, occurring in Australia and New Zealand.
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]
Porrostoma | |
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Porrostoma rhipidius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Lycidae |
Tribe: | Metriorrhynchini |
Genus: |
Porrostoma Laporte, 1838 |
Porrostoma is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae, occurring in Australia and New Zealand.
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]