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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Domain: Eukaryota
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
Porrostoma rhipidium

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