| Porrostoma | |
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| Porrostoma rhipidius | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycinae |
| Genus: | Porrostoma Laporte, 1838 |
Porrostoma is a genus of net-winged beetles in the family Lycidae, occurring in Australia and New Zealand.
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]
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature, also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name, a binomen, binominal name or a scientific name; more informally it is also called a Latin name.
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. The rules principally regulate:
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Mordella is the type genus of the tumbling flower beetle family (Mordellidae), its subfamily Mordellinae and the tribe Mordellini. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic and adjacent regions. The larvae are primarily dead wood borers.
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Porrostoma rhipidius is a species of net-winged beetle in the family Lycidae, found widely in Australia. The name is sometimes misspelled as "rhipidium" but under ICZN Article 31 species names that are nouns, such as rhipidius, must retain their original spelling regardless of generic placement.
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