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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lycidae
Genus:	Porrostoma
Species:	P. rhipidius
Binomial name
Porrostoma rhipidius (W.S. Macleay, 1826)
Synonyms
Metriorrhynchus rhipidius Porrostoma rhipidium