Species Porrostoma paradoxa (Blackburn, 1900)
- Metriorrhynchus paradoxa Blackburn, T. 1900. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 35-68 [Date published Aug. 1900] [55].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Dividing Range, VIC; SAMA 4 specimens (labelled cotypes), Healsville, VIC.
Generic Combinations
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
Victoria
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Victoria: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
General References
Bocak, L. 1998. Nomenclatural notes on taxa of the family Lycidae described by Guérin-Méneville (Insecta: Coleoptera). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 48: 245–251
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2023 | LYCIDAE | 26-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |