Porrostoma rhipidius
Porrostoma rhipidius is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae, found widely in Australia. The name is sometimes misspelled as "rhipidium"[1] but under ICZN Article 31 species names that are nouns, such as rhipidius, must retain their original spelling regardless of generic placement.[2]
| Porrostoma rhipidius | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Lycidae | 
| Genus: | Porrostoma | 
| Species: | P. rhipidius | 
| Binomial name | |
| Porrostoma rhipidius (W.S. Macleay, 1826) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Metriorrhynchus rhipidius | |
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