Species Porrostoma rhipidium (W.S. Macleay, 1826)
- Lycus rhipidium Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa, Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. app. B, pp. 438-469, Table B in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [Publication date established from Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain Phillip King's Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6(4): 257–259] [442].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 1 specimen, Australia; exact locality unknown. - Lycus septemcavus Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa, Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. app. B, pp. 438-469, Table B in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [Publication date established from Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain Phillip King's Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6(4): 257–259] [442].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 1 specimen, Australia; exact locality unknown. - Porrostoma erythropterum Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [144].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB, TAS; exact locality unknown. - Metriorhynchus gigas Blackburn, T. 1892. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part X. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6(3): 479-550 [Date published May 23, 1892] [524].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, WA; exact locality unknown; SAMA 2 specimens (labelled cotypes), WA; exact locality unknown. - Metriorrhynchus flagellatus 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] [53].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA ♂ (labelled cotype), near Yass, NSW; BMNH 1 specimen. - Metriorrhynchus rhipidius Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa. Catalogue of insects collected by Captain King, R.N. pp. 408-565 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822. London : John Murray Vol. 1 451 pp. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kleine, R. 1933. Lycidae. pp. 1-145 in Schenkling, S (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 128 145 pp. [82]
Generic Combinations
- Porrostoma rhipidium (W.S. Macleay, 1826). —
Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. - Metriorrhynchus rhipidius (W.S. Macleay, 1826). —
Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1869. Catalogus Coleoptorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus autoribus. Scarabaeidae. Monachii : E.H. Gummi Vol. 4 pp. 979-1346.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
General References
Moore, B.P. & Brown, W.V. 1981. Identification of warning odour components, bitter principles and antifeedants in an aposematic beetle: Metriorrhynchus rhipidius (Coleoptera: Lycidae). Insect Biochemistry 11: 493-499 [493] (biochemical components)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2023 | LYCIDAE | 26-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 19-Jan-2021 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |