Porrostoma Explained

Porrostoma is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae, occurring in Australia and New Zealand.

Taxonomy

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]

Species

Notes and References

  1. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn%3Alsid%3Abiodiversity.org.au%3Aafd.taxon%3A637df482-79f8-4d45-b213-04d903c30e9d
  2. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eremita#Noun_4
  3. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82#Ancient_Greek
  4. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frater#Noun_3
  5. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82#Noun_2
  6. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/monticola#Noun
  7. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cauda#Noun_2
  8. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paradoxus#Noun
  9. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cavus#Noun_2
  10. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rhipidium#English
  11. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82#Ancient_Greek
  12. https://www.iczn.org/the-code/the-international-code-of-zoological-nomenclature/the-code-online/ ICZN Online

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