Species Porrostoma franklinmuelleri (Kleine, 1928)

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Species Porrostoma franklinmuelleri (Kleine, 1928)

Metriorrhynchus franklinmuelleri Kleine, R. 1928. Neue Metriorrhynchus von Australien und Batjan (Col. Lycid.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 17(2): 120-128 [121].
Type data:

Syntype(s) DEIB ♂ 3♀, Queensland; exact locality unknown; IZW 700 1 specimen (labelled cotypus), Queensland; exact locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

Porrostoma franklinmuelleri (Kleine, 1928). —
Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp.

Introduction

The species was moved from Metriorrhynchus to Porrostoma by Calder (1998). Bocak et al. (2020) returned the species to Metriorrhynchus before Kusy et al. (2022) restored it as a species of Porrostoma.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

General References

Bocak, L., Motyka, M., Kusy, D. & Bilkova, R. 2020. Biodiversity inventory and distribution of Metriorrhynchina net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae), with the identification of generic ranges. Insects 11(10): 1–22

Kusy, D., Motyka, M., Bilkova, R. & Bocak, L. 2022. How do genomic, mitochondrial, and morphological data contribute to the Linnean classification of the porrostomine net-winged beetles (Coleoptera, Lycidae)? Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(5): 1–32

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	LYCIDAE	26-May-2023	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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