Porrorhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Gyrinidae
Subfamily: Gyrininae
Tribe: Dineutini
Genus: Porrorhynchus
Laporte, 1835
Type species
Porrorhynchus marginatus
Laporte, 1835
Synonyms

Ceylorhynchus Brinck, 1955

Porrorhynchus is a genus of beetles in the family Gyrinidae, containing the following species:[1][2]

  • Porrorhynchus indicans (Walker, 1858)
  • Porrorhynchus landaisi Régimbart, 1892
  • Porrorhynchus marginatus Laporte, 1835

The subgenus Rhomborhynchus Ochs, 1926, containing the species Porrorhynchus depressus Régimbart, 1892 and Porrorhynchus misoolensis (Ochs, 1955), was tenatively transferred to Dineutus in 2017.[2]

References

  1. Gustafson, G.T.; Miller, K.B. (2016). "Revision of the Southeast Asian Whirligig Beetle Genus Porrorhynchus Laporte, 1835 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae: Dineutini)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70 (4): 675–714. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-70.4.675.
  2. 1 2 Gustafson, G.T.; Miller, K.B. (2017). "Systematics and evolution of the whirligig beetle tribe Dineutini (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 118–150. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw014.


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