Porrostoma sp. (genus)
Lycid, Net-winged beetle at Cook, ACT
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| Porrostoma sp. (genus) | AlisonMilton | 21 Dec 2023 | |
| Unverified | CathB | 20 Dec 2023 |
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User's notes
These beetles were smaller and paler than the very numerous Porrostoma rhiphidium that were on the same flowers, but otherwise looked very similar.
4 comments
20 Dec 2023
Hi Alison. The larger beetles are P. rhiphidium, but I think the smaller, paler ones are different. There were plenty of mating pairs of the larger ones and both were of similar size, so it's not a sex difference.
20 Dec 2023
@CathB Hi Cath, I agree with you but you need to separate out the smaller beetles into a new sighting. I based my ID on the first photos.
Regards
Alison
Regards
Alison
21 Dec 2023
Thanks Alison. I have changed the order of the photos so that now the main one shows two of the smaller beetles only, while the other three photos show the small ones with the larger Porrostoma rhiphidium for comparison.
21 Dec 2023
Ahh, I hadn't realised the ID was for the smaller beetle. Now changed. It doesn't look like they have been separated out from the species level.
Location information
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
- Micromyrtus Associated plant
- Porrostoma riphidium Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Porrostoma sp. (genus) Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Porrostoma sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Lycid, Net-winged beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1667.3m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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6 / 7
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