Species Porrostoma rufipennis (Fabricius, 1801)
- Lycus rufipennis Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopolii Academici Novi Vol. II 687 pp. [114].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMUC 2 specimens, Oceani pacifici Insulis. - Porrostoma salebrosum Waterhouse, C.O. 1877. A monograph of the Australian species of the coleopterous family Lycidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877: 73-86 [79].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, Melbourne, VIC and TAS (as V.D. Land). - Porrostoma marginatus 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 [145].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB, TAS; exact locality unknown. - Lycus goryi LeGuillou, E.J.F. 1844. Description de vingt insectes Coléoptères recueillis pendant le voyage autour du monde de l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 7: 220-225 [222].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Hobart (as Hobart Town), TAS. - Porrostoma haemorrhoidale Waterhouse, C.O. 1877. A monograph of the Australian species of the coleopterous family Lycidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877: 73-86 [79].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, TAS (as Van Diemen's Land); exact locality unknown. - Porrostoma plagiatum Waterhouse, C.O. 1877. A monograph of the Australian species of the coleopterous family Lycidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877: 73-86 [80].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ (whereabouts of other syntype(s) unknown), Australia (as E. Australia); exact locality unknown. - Porrostoma lugubre Waterhouse, C.O. 1877. A monograph of the Australian species of the coleopterous family Lycidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877: 73-86 [80].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ (whereabouts of other syntype(s) unknown), Australia; exact locality unknown. - Metriorrhynchus miles 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] [54].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Dividing Range, VIC; SAMA 3 specimens (labelled cotypes), Healsville, VIC. - Metriorhynchus erraticus Broun, T. 1893. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Wellington : New Zealand Institute Part 5 - 7 xvii 975-1504 pp. [1146].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ (Brown coll.), Drury, Pokeno and Clevedon, New Zealand.
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. [83]
- Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974-1989). DSIR Plant Protection Report No. 3: 1-118, figs 1-230 [53] (synonymy of erraticus Broun, 1893; also for comb. rev.)
Generic Combinations
- Porrostoma rufipennis (Fabricius, 1801). —
Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974-1989). DSIR Plant Protection Report No. 3: 1-118, figs 1-230 - Metriorrhynchus rufipennis (Fabricius, 1801). —
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.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- New Zealand
- North Island
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
General References
Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: a New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974-1989). DSIR Plant Protection Report No. 3: 1-118, figs 1-230 [53] (accidentally introduced into New Zealand)
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) |