Porrostoma sp. (genus)

Lycid, Net-winged beetle at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

	Porrostoma sp. (genus)	21 Dec 2023	AlisonMilton
	Unidentified	20 Dec 2023	CathB

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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

CathB wrote:

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.

AlisonMilton wrote:

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

CathB wrote:

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.

AlisonMilton wrote:

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.

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Location information

Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
19 Dec 2023 10:06 AM Recorded on
CathB Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Other beetles

Additional information

Micromyrtus Associated plant
Porrostoma riphidium Associated Insect
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health
True Pollinator Insect on Flower

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
Machine learning
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