Porrorhynchus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Gyrinidae
Subfamilia: Gyrininae
Tribus: Dineutini
Genus: Porrorhynchus
Species: P. indicans – P. landaisi – P. marginatus

Moved to Dineutus (after Gustafson & Miller, 2017): P. depressus – P. misoolensis

Name

Porrorhynchus Laporte, 1835: 108

Type species: Porrorhynchus marginatus Laporte, 1835, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Ceylorhynchus Brinck, 1955: 103 [syn.: Gustafson & Miller, 2016]
  • Type species: Dineutes indicans Walker, 1858, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Brinck, P. 1955. A revision of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) of the Ethiopian region. I. Acta Universitatis Lundensis (Nova Series. Andra Avdelningen) 51(14): 1–140. [not seen]
• 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 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Laporte [de Castelnau] F.L. 1835. Études entomologiques, ou description d’insectes nouveaux, et observations sur la synonymie; première partie. Carnassiers [livraison 2]. Méquignon-Marvis, Paris, pp. 95–159, pls. 3–4. GoogleBooks Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 . Reference page.