Gold Coast BeetlesAcacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna picea) Brown Flower Beetle (Glycyphana stolata) Castiarina bella Castiarina luteipennis Chauliognathus flavipennis Darkling Beetle (Ecnolagria aurofasciata) Green Strip Leaf Beetle (Calomela pallida) Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma laterale) Mesolita lineolata Pandorea Leaf Beetle (Johannica gemellata) White Acacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna circe)
A member of the Lycid Beetle group (family Lycidae), is the species Porrostoma laterale.
The Lycidae are a moderately large family, containing about 150 genera and 3500 species worldwide (Lawrence 1982), and largely confined to the tropical regions. The Australian fauna comprises 203 described species arranged in 13 genera (CALDER 1998). The largest genus in the Australian fauna is Porrostoma Castelnau, formerly known as Metriorhynchus Guérin-Méneville or Metriorrhynchus Gemminger & Harold, containing 105 valid species.
Source: Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory2
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Elateroidea
- Family: Lycidae
- Subfamily: Metriorrhynchinae
- Tribe: Metriorrhynchini
- Genus: Porrostoma
- Species: Porrostoma laterale
Footnote & References
- Porrostoma laterale, Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Family Lycidae, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. 2022, Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory, https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Lycidae
- Porrostoma laterale Redtenbacher, 1867, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/beeefd45-f0b0-4550-822a-99e4bdabb003
- Porrostoma laterale, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/204365509
Gold Coast BeetlesAcacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna picea) Brown Flower Beetle (Glycyphana stolata) Castiarina bella Castiarina luteipennis Chauliognathus flavipennis Darkling Beetle (Ecnolagria aurofasciata) Green Strip Leaf Beetle (Calomela pallida) Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma laterale) Mesolita lineolata Pandorea Leaf Beetle (Johannica gemellata) White Acacia Leaf Beetle (Dicranosterna circe)
QueenslandQueensland Fauna Gold Coast Region Lamington National Park Southern Downs QLD