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species complexes
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<emphasis id="42C55036037F7F5AFF2B86279F0FF8A2" box="[151,349,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Rhytiphora argus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="42C55036037F7F5AFDB686279C20F8A3" box="[522,626,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">R. dispar</emphasis>
Blackburn, 1894
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,
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<emphasis id="42C55036037F7F5AFCFA86279A56F8A2" box="[838,1028,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">R. nigropunctata</emphasis>
Breuning, 1938
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and
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<emphasis id="42C55036037F7F5AFB4986279BCEF8A2" box="[1269,1436,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">R. nigrosparsa</emphasis>
Breuning, 1938
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are all described from QLD and are fairly similar morphologically (large-bodied and large-eyed with black spots on the elytra). These four species need to be sequenced to confirm whether they are distinct genetic lineages, or one species with variable setae colouring (yellow/orange to grey).
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The species
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<emphasis id="42C55036037F7F5AFEEE86D79FEAF833" box="[338,440,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">R. bankii</emphasis>
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is extremely widespread, with records from
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through Southeast Asia to
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,
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and even Hawaii (although this may be a human introduction;
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFBEC81839B59FF5F" author="McKeown, K. C." box="[1104,1291,151,177]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="1 - 190" refId="ref37720" refString="McKeown, K. C. (1947) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Australia. Australian Museum Memoir, 10, 1 - 190. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1967.10.1947.477" type="journal article" year="1947">McKeown 1947</bibRefCitation>
). Indeed, the
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locality in the original publication is listed as
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(
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of Good Hope;
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFBDC81AF9B58FF3B" author="Fabricius, J. C." box="[1120,1290,186,213]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refId="ref36947" refString="Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi and Lipsiae, xxvii + 832 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36510" type="book" year="1775">Fabricius 1775</bibRefCitation>
), though this may be incorrect;
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFED881CB9FADFF17" author="Gahan, C. J." box="[356,511,223,249]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="165 - 197" refId="ref37004" refString="Gahan, C. J. (1893) Notes on the longicornia of Australia and Tasmania. Part I., with a list of the species collected by Mr. J. J. Walker, R. N., F. L. S., and descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1893, 165 - 197. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1893. tb 02063. x" type="journal article" year="1893">Gahan (1893)</bibRefCitation>
does not discuss his reasoning for synonymising
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFB9281CB9A91FF17" box="[1070,1219,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Lamia bankii</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFAB881CB9F48FEF3" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Acanthocinus hollandicus</emphasis>
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and other Australasian species. Given that no other
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species
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has such an extensive distribution,
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF2B80339EADFEAF" box="[151,255,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. bankii</emphasis>
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specimens from across the Pacific region should be sequenced to determine whether there are cryptic species; we already have mitochondrial data which show that
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from Queensland and
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(south of
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,
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) have genetic divergence equivalent to that of other
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species
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(
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Ashman
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFADE807B9BCFFE67" box="[1378,1437,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
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).
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF7B80A39FD0FE3E" box="[199,386,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Rhytiphora cana</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFDEE80A39CA7FE3E" box="[594,757,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. cinerascens</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC7480A39AA6FE3F" authority="Blackburn, 1896" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1896" box="[968,1268,439,465]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="deserti">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC7480A39A61FE3F" box="[968,1075,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. deserti</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFB8680A39AA6FE3F" author="Blackburn, T." box="[1082,1268,439,465]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="254 - 308" refId="ref35399" refString="Blackburn, T. (1896) Coleoptera (exclusive of the Carabidae). In: Spencer, B. (Ed), Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part II. Zoology. Dulau, London, pp. 254 - 308." type="book chapter" year="1896">Blackburn, 1896</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFA9680A39F7FFE1B" authority="Pascoe, 1865" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1865" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satelles">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFA9680A39BCEFE3F" box="[1322,1436,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. satelles</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFF2B80CF9F7FFE1B" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[151,301,474,501]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="352 - 374" refId="ref38389" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1865) A second series of descriptions of new Australian longicornia. Journal of Entomology, 2, 352 - 374." type="journal article" year="1865">Pascoe, 1865</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
are very similar morphologically and need sequencing to confirm the species boundaries. There is at least
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(ANIC 25-66662) from northern NT which is morphologically closest to
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFB6E80EB9B6CFDF7" box="[1234,1342,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. deserti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(central
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) but genetically closer to
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFD9D83379C96FDD2" authorityName="Aurivillius" authorityYear="1917" box="[545,708,547,572]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Platyomopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cinerascens">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD9D83379C96FDD2" box="[545,708,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. cinerascens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(QLD;
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFCA083379A5BFDD3" author="Ashman, L. G. &amp; Hartley, D. &amp; Jin, M. &amp; Rowell, D. M. &amp; Teasdale, L. &amp; Slipinski, A. &amp; Zwick, A." box="[796,1033,547,573]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="493 - 505" refId="ref34772" refString="Ashman, L. G., Hartley, D., Jin, M., Rowell, D. M., Teasdale, L., Slipinski, A. &amp; Zwick, A. (2022 a) Rhytiphora: a phylogenetic and morphological study of Australia's largest longhorn beetle genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Invertebrate Systematics 36, 493 - 505. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 21071" type="journal article" year="2022">
Ashman
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC3C83379DEAFDD3" box="[896,952,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037E7F5BFF7B83539A94FCB3" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFF7B83539C2DFD8F" authority="Pascoe, 1859" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1859" box="[199,639,582,609]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cinnamomea">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF7B83539F8CFD8E" box="[199,478,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Rhytiphora cinnamomea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFE5583539C2DFD8F" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[489,639,582,609]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="12 - 61" refId="ref38105" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1859) On new genera and species of Longicorn Coleoptera, part IV. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, New Series, 1 - 2, 12 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1859. tb 01833. x" type="journal article" year="1859">Pascoe, 1859</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(QLD),
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFD5B83539DBDFD8F" authority="Pascoe, 1864" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1864" box="[743,1007,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gallus">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD5B83539D1FFD8F" box="[743,845,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. gallus</emphasis>
Pascoe, 1864
</taxonomicName>
(central
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) and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFAB883539F04FD6B" authority="Aurivillius, 1917" authorityName="Aurivillius" authorityYear="1917" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferruginea">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFAB883539BCEFD8F" box="[1284,1436,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. ferruginea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFF2B837F9F04FD6B" author="Aurivillius, C." box="[151,342,619,645]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="1 - 50" refId="ref35050" refString="Aurivillius, C. (1917) Results of Dr. E. Mj ˆ berg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910 - 1913. Part 12. Cerambycidae. Arkiv for Zoologi, 10, 1 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 1501" type="journal article" year="1917">Aurivillius, 1917</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(WA) have very similar colouration but different eye sizes (
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC4A837F9AF1FD6A" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1859" box="[1014,1187,619,644]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cinnamomea">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC4A837F9AF1FD6A" box="[1014,1187,619,644]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. cinnamomea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lower lobes separated by 3.2x eye width;
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFEC4839B9F8CFD47" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1864" box="[376,478,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gallus">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFEC4839B9F8CFD47" box="[376,478,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. gallus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
2.4x;
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFD96839B9C90FD47" authorityName="Aurivillius" authorityYear="1917" box="[554,706,655,681]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferruginea">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD96839B9C90FD47" box="[554,706,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. ferruginea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
unknown). Phylogenetically they form a clade with
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFA9E839B9F00FD23" authority="Blackburn, 1901" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1901" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fasciata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFA9E839B9BCFFD47" box="[1314,1437,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. fasciata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFF2B83A79F00FD23" author="Blackburn, T." box="[151,338,691,717]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="15 - 44" refId="ref35530" refString="Blackburn, T. (1901) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 25, 15 - 44." type="journal article" year="1901">Blackburn, 1901</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFE3583A79CA7FD23" authority="Breuning, 1938" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1938" box="[393,757,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberculigera">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFE3583A79C6DFD23" box="[393,575,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. tuberculigera</emphasis>
Breuning, 1938
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFCBF83A79DA0FD23" author="Ashman, L. G. &amp; Hartley, D. &amp; Jin, M. &amp; Rowell, D. M. &amp; Teasdale, L. &amp; Slipinski, A. &amp; Zwick, A." box="[771,1010,691,717]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="493 - 505" refId="ref34772" refString="Ashman, L. G., Hartley, D., Jin, M., Rowell, D. M., Teasdale, L., Slipinski, A. &amp; Zwick, A. (2022 a) Rhytiphora: a phylogenetic and morphological study of Australia's largest longhorn beetle genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Invertebrate Systematics 36, 493 - 505. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 21071" type="journal article" year="2022">
Ashman
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFCD683A79DF0FD23" box="[874,930,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
</bibRefCitation>
), which are both described from QLD and morphologically distinct. The
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFDA983C39C90FD1E" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1859" box="[533,706,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cinnamomea">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFDA983C39C90FD1E" box="[533,706,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. cinnamomea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimen (ANIC 25-66541) is more closely related to a specimen from WA with similarly small eyes (ANIC 25-66555) than it is to another QLD specimen with larger eyes (ANIC 25-66546). More extensive sampling, combined with an examination of the
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFBBC820B9AC5FCD7" authorityName="Aurivillius" authorityYear="1917" box="[1024,1175,799,825]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferruginea">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFBBC820B9AC5FCD7" box="[1024,1175,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. ferruginea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="AF0A3286037E7F5BFB1C820B9B57FCD7" box="[1184,1285,799,825]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, is needed to determine how many lineages there are and which described species, if any, they correspond to.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037E7F5BFF7B82739DE0FB07" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
We synonymised several morphologically similar species under
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC2882739A5BFC6F" baseAuthorityName="Donovan" baseAuthorityYear="1805" box="[916,1033,871,897]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="collaris">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC2882739A5BFC6F" box="[916,1033,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. collaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037E7F5BFBAB82739A29FC6F" box="[1047,1147,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="13.[152,255,1592,1616]" captionTargetBox="[372,1216,195,1559]" captionTargetId="figure-19@13.[359,1229,181,1568]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 7. Rhytiphora species, dorsal and frontal (head only) views. A: Rhytiphora collaris female (ANIC 25-067050). B: Rhytiphora piperitia male (ANIC 25-058414). CD: Rhytiphora argentata male (ANIC 25-061934). E: Rhytiphora garnetensis sp. nov. paratype male." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129696" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129696/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Figs. 7A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037E7F5BFB3982739AFAFC6F" box="[1157,1192,871,897]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="14.[152,255,1582,1606]" captionTargetBox="[160,1425,493,1552]" captionTargetId="figure-131@14.[158,1429,489,1558]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. Rhytiphora species, lateral view. A: Rhytiphora garnetensis sp. nov. holotype male (ANIC 25-074497). B: Rhytiphora delicatula male (ANIC 25-061931). C: Rhytiphora amicula male (ANIC 25-066535). D: Rhytiphora argentata male (ANIC 25-061934). E: Rhytiphora collaris female (ANIC 25-067050). F: Rhytiphora piperitia male (ANIC 25-058414)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129698" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129698/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">8E</figureCitation>
):
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFB0082739BC7FC6F" authorityName=", Guerin-Meneville" authorityYear="1831" box="[1212,1429,871,897]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albocincta">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFB0082739BC7FC6F" box="[1212,1429,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Saperda albocincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFF2B829F9F7DFC4A" authorityName=": Breuning" authorityYear="1961" box="[151,303,907,932]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intertincta">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF2B829F9F7DFC4A" box="[151,303,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. intertincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFEFD829F9FA5FC4B" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1970" box="[321,503,907,933]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parafarinosa">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFEFD829F9FA5FC4B" box="[321,503,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. parafarinosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFDB5829F9CE7FC4B" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1970" box="[521,693,907,933]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vermiculosa">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFDB5829F9CE7FC4B" box="[521,693,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. vermiculosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFD48829F9DA9FC4B" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1864" box="[756,1019,907,933]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vestigialis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD48829F9DA9FC4B" box="[756,1019,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Symphyletes vestigialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037E7F5BFBB2829F9AF5FC4B" box="[1038,1191,907,933]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="19.[152,255,1485,1509]" captionTargetBox="[239,1345,181,1460]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[239,1347,181,1461]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 10. Rhytiphora collaris group, type specimens. A: Platyomopsis delicatula McKeown, 1948 holotype male. B: Rhytiphora uniformis Blackburn, 1901 lectotype female. C: Rhytiphora maculosella Blackburn, 1902 lectotype female. D: Saperda collaris Donovan, 1805 neotype male. E: Rhytiphora (Setomopsis) vermiculosa Breuning, 1970 holotype female. F: Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) parafarinosa Breuning, 1970 holotype female. G: Symphyletes compos Blackburn, 1902 lectotype male. H: Symphyletes vestigialis Pascoe, 1864 lectotype male. I: Rhytiphora amicula White, 1859 lectotype male. J: Rhytiphora piperitia Hope, 1842 lectotype female. K: Symphyletes humeralis White, 1858 lectotype. L: Rhytiphora truncata Breuning, 1940 holotype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129704" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129704/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Figs. 10CH</figureCitation>
). We used the oldest available name for this species, although the
<typeStatus id="AF0A3286037E7F5BFD2E82BB9CA6FC27" box="[658,756,943,969]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFCA682BB9D81FC27" authorityName="Donovan" authorityYear="1805" box="[794,979,943,969]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="collaris">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFCA682BB9D81FC27" box="[794,979,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Saperda collaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is missing and the species is depicted as having entirely black elytra (
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFE5D82C79CDDFC03" author="Donovan, E." box="[481,655,978,1005]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refId="ref36826" refString="Donovan, E. (1805) An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including the figures and descriptions of one hundred and fifty-three species. E. Donovan, F. C. &amp; J. Rivington, London, iv pls. (unnumbered), 41 pp." type="book" year="1805">Donovan 1805</bibRefCitation>
). In his description of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC2882C79BCEFC03" authority=", Guerin-Meneville (1831)" authorityName=", Guerin-Meneville" authorityYear="1831" box="[916,1436,979,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albocincta">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC2882C79A22FC03" box="[916,1136,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Saperda albocincta</emphasis>
,
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFB3C82C79BCEFC03" author="Guerin-Meneville, F. E." box="[1152,1436,979,1005]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refId="ref37185" refString="Guerin-Meneville, F. E. (1831) s. n. In: Voyage autour du monde, execute par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majeste, La Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, sous le ministere et conformement aux instructions de S. E. M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, ministre de la marine; et publie sous les auspices de son Excellence Mgr. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, par M. L. I. Duperrey. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 2 e Partie. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, pl. 5." type="journal volume" year="1831">Guérin-Méneville (1831)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
notes that the
<typeStatus id="AF0A3286037E7F5BFE8B82E39FCBFBFF" box="[311,409,1015,1041]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFE7C82E39C61FBFF" authorityName="Donovan" authorityYear="1805" box="[448,563,1015,1041]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="collaris">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFE7C82E39C61FBFF" box="[448,563,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">S. collaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is very similar to his new species and may have simply lost the yellow setae that
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFF75850F9F7BFBDB" box="[201,297,1051,1077]" form="the" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" rank="form">form the</taxonomicName>
distinctive elytral patterning seen in
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD77850F9D0FFBDB" box="[715,861,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">S. albocincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the absence of any specimens with black elytra matching
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFEB6852B9FD2FBB7" authorityName="Donovan" authorityYear="1805" box="[266,384,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="collaris">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFEB6852B9FD2FBB7" box="[266,384,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">S. collaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and on the basis of Guérin-Ménevilles comment, we have synonymised these species. A
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has been designated for
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFDB685779C96FB93" box="[522,708,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Saperda collaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
using the only specimen with published genetic data: ANIC 25- 066530 (
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Ashman
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFEE285939FC7FB4F" box="[350,405,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
</bibRefCitation>
;
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037E7F5BFE5185939C06FB4F" box="[493,596,1159,1185]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="19.[152,255,1485,1509]" captionTargetBox="[239,1345,181,1460]" captionTargetId="figure-19@19.[239,1347,181,1461]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 10. Rhytiphora collaris group, type specimens. A: Platyomopsis delicatula McKeown, 1948 holotype male. B: Rhytiphora uniformis Blackburn, 1901 lectotype female. C: Rhytiphora maculosella Blackburn, 1902 lectotype female. D: Saperda collaris Donovan, 1805 neotype male. E: Rhytiphora (Setomopsis) vermiculosa Breuning, 1970 holotype female. F: Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) parafarinosa Breuning, 1970 holotype female. G: Symphyletes compos Blackburn, 1902 lectotype male. H: Symphyletes vestigialis Pascoe, 1864 lectotype male. I: Rhytiphora amicula White, 1859 lectotype male. J: Rhytiphora piperitia Hope, 1842 lectotype female. K: Symphyletes humeralis White, 1858 lectotype. L: Rhytiphora truncata Breuning, 1940 holotype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129704" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129704/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Fig. 10D</figureCitation>
). We also synonymised the subspecies of
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFB9D85939AE0FB4F" box="[1057,1202,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">S. albocincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as they did not make geographic sense (grouping NSW with SA rather than QLD); the corresponding morphological trait (full or patchy white lateral stripe on elytra) is noted beside each type in the checklist.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037E7F5BFF7B85E79CCFFA2F" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFF7B85E79C6BFAE3" authority="Pascoe, 1863" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" box="[199,569,1267,1293]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF7B85E79FCFFAE2" box="[199,413,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Rhytiphora costata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFE1985E79C6BFAE3" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[421,569,1267,1293]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe, 1863</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(Australia-wide),
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFCBB85E79A70FAE3" authority="Pascoe, 1864" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1864" box="[775,1058,1267,1293]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intricata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFCBB85E79DD5FAE2" box="[775,903,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. intricata</emphasis>
Pascoe, 1864
</taxonomicName>
(SA),
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFBD285E79BCEFAE3" authority="Blackburn, 1901" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1901" box="[1134,1436,1267,1293]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tigrina">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFBD285E79A88FAE2" box="[1134,1242,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. tigrina</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFB5D85E79BCEFAE3" author="Blackburn, T." box="[1249,1436,1267,1293]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="15 - 44" refId="ref35530" refString="Blackburn, T. (1901) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 25, 15 - 44." type="journal article" year="1901">Blackburn, 1901</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(WA) and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFEAD84039C29FADF" authority="Donovan, 1805" authorityName="Donovan" authorityYear="1805" box="[273,635,1302,1329]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Lamia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vermicularia">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFEAD84039F91FADF" box="[273,451,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. vermicularia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFE7084039C29FADF" author="Donovan, E." box="[460,635,1302,1329]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refId="ref36826" refString="Donovan, E. (1805) An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including the figures and descriptions of one hundred and fifty-three species. E. Donovan, F. C. &amp; J. Rivington, London, iv pls. (unnumbered), 41 pp." type="book" year="1805">Donovan, 1805</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(east coast) have different colour patterns but very similar body size, shape and sculpturing (large-bodied, oval, transverse rugose pronotum, longitudinally ridged elytra). Sequencing is needed to confirm species distributions and boundaries (
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFCAA844B9DFEFA96" box="[790,940,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
i.e.
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</emphasis>
may be a yellow western morphotype of
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFA38844B9F7AFA73" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. vermicularia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); it is likely these species form a clade with the distinctive
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC7484979AAAFA73" authority="Newman, 1842" authorityName="Newman" authorityYear="1842" box="[968,1272,1411,1437]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pardalis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC7484979A16FA73" box="[968,1092,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. pardalis</emphasis>
Newman, 1842
</taxonomicName>
which, like
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFA3884979EBAFA2E" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="costata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFA3884979EBAFA2E" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. costata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is widely distributed across
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037E7F5BFF7B84DF9B5DF99B" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
The
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of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFE3284DF9CC5FA0B" authority="Pascoe, 1859" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1859" box="[398,663,1482,1509]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cretata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFE3284DF9FA9FA0A" box="[398,507,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. cretata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFDBF84DF9CC5FA0B" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[515,663,1482,1509]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="12 - 61" refId="ref38105" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1859) On new genera and species of Longicorn Coleoptera, part IV. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, New Series, 1 - 2, 12 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1859. tb 01833. x" type="journal article" year="1859">Pascoe, 1859</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(QLD) and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC9F84DF9A4EFA0B" authority="Pascoe, 1863" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" box="[803,1052,1483,1509]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="heros">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC9F84DF9DD2FA0B" box="[803,896,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. heros</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFC3B84DF9A4EFA0B" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[903,1052,1483,1509]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe, 1863</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(NT) have similar elytral patterns but different antennae and pronotum colouring (plain vs. striped). There are also intermediate specimens from QLD with plain antennae and striped pronotum (
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD7987079CBFF9C2" box="[709,749,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">e.g.</emphasis>
Fig. 134D in Ślipiński &amp;
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFBA687079A97F9C3" author="Escalona, H. E." box="[1050,1221,1555,1581]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refId="ref38824" refString="S´lipin´ski, A. &amp; Escalona, H. E. (2013) Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and Subfamily Lamiinae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 503 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9781486300044" type="book" year="2013">Escalona 2013</bibRefCitation>
). It is possible that
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<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF2B87239EA1F9BF" box="[151,243,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. heros</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the same species as
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFE4887239C30F9BE" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1859" box="[500,610,1591,1616]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cretata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFE4887239C30F9BE" box="[500,610,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. cretata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the
<typeStatus id="AF0A3286037E7F5BFD7587239D79F9BF" box="[713,811,1591,1617]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
has simply lost the setae on its antennae and pronotum; sequencing specimens across the geographic and morphological gradients will provide further insight.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037E7F5BFF7B876B9F24F8C7" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFF7B876B9C71F977" authority="Hope, 1842" authorityName="Hope" authorityYear="1842" box="[199,547,1663,1689]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="detrita">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF7B876B9FCAF977" box="[199,408,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Rhytiphora detrita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFE1C876B9C71F977" author="Hope, F. W." box="[416,547,1663,1689]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="423 - 430" refId="ref37375" refString="Hope, F. W. (1842) Observations on the Coleoptera of Port Essington, in Australia with descriptions of the following new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 9, 423 - 430." type="journal article" year="1842">Hope, 1842</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(north and west coast;
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037E7F5BFC90876B9DD6F977" box="[812,900,1663,1689]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1485,1509]" captionTargetBox="[238,1345,181,1457]" captionTargetId="figure-19@7.[238,1349,181,1461]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 2. Rhytiphora species, holotypes (AJ) and reference photos (KL). A: Rhytiphora detrita male Hope, 1842. B: Mesiphiastus (Pubiphiastus) laterialbus female Breuning, 1970. C: Rhytiphora macleayi female Lea, 1912. D: Corrhenes (Corrhenes) paulla fuscosignata male Breuning, 1970. E: Acanthocinus piliger female Macleay, 1826. F: Rhytiphora piperitia female Hope, 1842. G: Menyllus rotundipennis male Breuning, 1968. H: Rhytiphora (Rhytiphora) subargentata male Breuning, 1970. I: Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) tenimberensis male Breuning, 1973 [R. sundaensis]. J: Rhytiphora tuberculata male Hope, 1842. K: Rhytiphora rugicollis female (Dalman, 1817). L: Rhytiphora frenchiana female Breuning, 1961." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129684" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129684/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC78876B9AB9F977" authority="Pascoe, 1862" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1862" box="[964,1259,1663,1689]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variolosa">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC78876B9A1CF977" box="[964,1102,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. variolosa</emphasis>
Pascoe, 1862
</taxonomicName>
(east coast) are quite similar morphologically but do have different elytral patterns (ochre lateral stripe and dorsal mottling vs. just ochre spots). However,
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFE6D87D39C9FF90F" author="Ashman, L. G. &amp; Hartley, D. &amp; Jin, M. &amp; Rowell, D. M. &amp; Teasdale, L. &amp; Slipinski, A. &amp; Zwick, A." box="[465,717,1735,1761]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="493 - 505" refId="ref34772" refString="Ashman, L. G., Hartley, D., Jin, M., Rowell, D. M., Teasdale, L., Slipinski, A. &amp; Zwick, A. (2022 a) Rhytiphora: a phylogenetic and morphological study of Australia's largest longhorn beetle genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Invertebrate Systematics 36, 493 - 505. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 21071" type="journal article" year="2022">
Ashman
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD8A87D39C3DF90F" box="[566,623,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
(2022a)
</bibRefCitation>
found very little genetic divergence between these two species; more extensive sampling is needed to determine whether
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC9187FF9DC8F8EB" authorityName="Hope" authorityYear="1842" box="[813,922,1771,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="detrita">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC9187FF9DC8F8EB" box="[813,922,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. detrita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC6887FF9A32F8EB" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1862" box="[980,1120,1771,1797]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="variolosa">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC6887FF9A32F8EB" box="[980,1120,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. variolosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are separate species or one widespread species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037E7F58FF7B86279DADFEF3" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="27" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
We examined the
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of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFD9086279DB6F8A3" authority="Breuning, 1938" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1938" box="[556,996,1843,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Corrhenes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavovittata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD9086279D79F8A3" box="[556,811,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Corrhenes flavovittata</emphasis>
Breuning, 1938
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFBA286279E9DF89F" authority="Breuning, 1963" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1963" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Corrhenes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="flavovittata" subSpecies="demarzi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFBA286279B76F8A3" box="[1054,1316,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">C. flavovittata demarzi</emphasis>
Breuning, 1963
</taxonomicName>
and found several morphological differences (
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFD5C86439D5AF89E" box="[736,776,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">e.g.</emphasis>
antennae and elytral setae patterns;
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037E7F5BFB1886439AA7F89F" box="[1188,1269,1879,1905]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="20.[152,255,1530,1554]" captionTargetBox="[282,1306,241,1501]" captionTargetId="figure-47@20.[276,1312,237,1506]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 11. Rhytiphora paulla and similar species, holotypes. A: Corrhenes (Corrhenes) paulla fuscosignata male Breuning, 1970. B: Corrhenes (Corrhenes) paulla grisea male Breuning, 1963. C: Saperda funesta Pascoe, 1859. D: Cobria rufa male Breuning, 1961. E: Corrhenes flavovittata Breuning, 1938. F: Corrhenes (Corrhenes) flavovittata demarzi male Breuning, 1963 [R. rentzi]. G: Saperda stigmatica Pascoe, 1863. H: Corrhenes guttulata Pascoe, 1865. I: Saperda mystica male Pascoe, 1863." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129706" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129706/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). We therefore elevated
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFF46866F9FABF87B" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1963" box="[250,505,1915,1941]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Corrhenes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="flavovittata" subSpecies="demarzi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF46866F9FABF87B" box="[250,505,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">C. flavovittata demarzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to species status (here renamed
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFCE1866F9DE8F87A" box="[861,954,1915,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rentzi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFCE1866F9DE8F87A" box="[861,954,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. rentzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC03866F9A65F87B" bold="true" box="[959,1079,1915,1941]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">new name</emphasis>
), pending genetic confirmation:
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFF2B868B9EA6F856" box="[151,244,1951,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rentzi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFF2B868B9EA6F856" box="[151,244,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. rentzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is quite similar to
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFE7C868B9CBDF857" authority="Pascoe, 1863" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" box="[448,751,1951,1977]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stigmatica">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFE7C868B9C06F856" box="[448,596,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. stigmatica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFDE5868B9CBDF857" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[601,751,1951,1977]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe, 1863</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. We have synonymised
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFC44868B9ACAF857" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1938" box="[1016,1176,1951,1977]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Corrhenes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavovittata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFC44868B9ACAF857" box="[1016,1176,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">C. flavovittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F5BFB69868B9E80F833" authority="Germar, 1848" authorityName="Germar" authorityYear="1848" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Corrhenes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paulla">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F5BFB69868B9B69F857" box="[1237,1339,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">R. paulla</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037E7F5BFAFD868B9E80F833" author="Germar, E. F." pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="153 - 247" refId="ref37139" refString="Germar, E. F. (1848) Beitrage zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica, 3, 153 - 247." type="journal article" year="1848">Germar, 1848</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, along with several other species with similar white markings on the antennae, pronotum and elytra:
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037E7F58FAFC86D79FD4FF5F" authority="Pascoe, 1859" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1859" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperda" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="27" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="funesta">
<emphasis id="42C55036037E7F58FAFC86D79EBAFF5F" italics="true" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="27" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Saperda funesta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FF4C81839FD4FF5F" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[240,390,150,177]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="12 - 61" refId="ref38105" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1859) On new genera and species of Longicorn Coleoptera, part IV. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, New Series, 1 - 2, 12 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1859. tb 01833. x" type="journal article" year="1859">Pascoe, 1859</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FE2981839D5AFF5F" authority="Germar, 1848" authorityName="Germar" authorityYear="1848" box="[405,776,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Anaesthetis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepida">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FE2981839C36FF5F" box="[405,612,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Anaesthetis lepida</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FDD081839D5AFF5F" author="Germar, E. F." box="[620,776,151,177]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="153 - 247" refId="ref37139" refString="Germar, E. F. (1848) Beitrage zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica, 3, 153 - 247." type="journal article" year="1848">Germar, 1848</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FCFE81839AD1FF5F" authority="Breuning, 1961" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1961" box="[834,1155,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Cobria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufa">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FCFE81839D9AFF5F" box="[834,968,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Cobria rufa</emphasis>
Breuning, 1961
</taxonomicName>
. We have used the name
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF2B81AF9F52FF3B" authorityName="Germar" authorityYear="1848" box="[151,256,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Corrhenes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paulla">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF2B81AF9F52FF3B" box="[151,256,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. paulla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as that
<typeStatus id="AF0A3286037D7F58FEE781AF9FEFFF3B" box="[347,445,187,213]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
is presumably better preserved than
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FCD881AF9D99FF3B" authorityName="Germar" authorityYear="1848" box="[868,971,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Anaesthetis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepida">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FCD881AF9D99FF3B" box="[868,971,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">A. lepida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which from its description (in the same publication as
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FEFE81CB9FFFFF17" authorityName="Germar" authorityYear="1848" box="[322,429,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Corrhenes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paulla">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FEFE81CB9FFFFF17" box="[322,429,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. paulla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) seems to have lost most of its setae. It would be worthwhile using sequence data to determine how many lineages exist in this large species complex of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FC2D80179DABFEF3" authorityName="Germar" authorityYear="1848" box="[913,1017,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Corrhenes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paulla">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC2D80179DABFEF3" box="[913,1017,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. paulla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B80329F5EFE3E" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B80329C2CFEAF" authority="Blackburn, 1893" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1893" box="[199,638,294,321]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fraserensis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B80329F91FEAE" box="[199,451,294,320]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora fraserensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FE7A80329C2CFEAF" author="Blackburn, T." box="[454,638,294,321]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="177 - 202" refId="ref35228" refString="Blackburn, T. (1893) Scientific results of the Elder Exploring Expedition: Coleoptera (continued). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 16, 177 - 202." type="journal article" year="1893">Blackburn, 1893</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD1280339A52FEAF" authority="Breuning, 1938" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1938" box="[686,1024,294,321]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obenbergeri">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD1280339D00FEAE" box="[686,850,294,320]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. obenbergeri</emphasis>
Breuning, 1938
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FBB080329AC0FEAF" box="[1036,1170,294,321]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="8.[152,255,1485,1509]" captionTargetBox="[234,1353,181,1461]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[234,1353,181,1461]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 3. Rhytiphora species, holotypes recovered by the Prague National Museum. A: Rhytiphora argentata female Breuning, 1938, dorsal. B: Rhytiphora obenbergeri male Breuning, 1938, dorsal. C: Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) obsoleta female Breuning, 1938, dorsal. D: Rhytiphora argentata female Breuning, 1938, frontal. E: Rhytiphora argentata female Breuning, 1938, lateral. F: Rhytiphora obenbergeri male Breuning, 1938, lateral." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129686" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129686/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Figs.3B,3F</figureCitation>
) overlap geographically and have only subtle differences in morphology (eye size, elytral setae); sequencing is needed to confirm whether they are separate species. The widespread
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FDC2807B9DCEFE67" authority="Pascoe, 1858" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1858" box="[638,924,366,393]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lateralis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FDC2807B9CAEFE66" box="[638,764,366,392]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. lateralis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FCBA807A9DCEFE67" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[774,924,366,393]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="236 - 266" refId="ref38048" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1858) On new genera and species of Longicorn Coleoptera, part III. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, New Series, 2, 236 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1858. tb 01823. x" type="journal article" year="1858">Pascoe, 1858</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
also has similar elytral colouring but can be distinguished by the waviform pattern of the brown dorsal and white lateral setae, as well as the ochre stripe on the pronotum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B80CD9C5AFCDB" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B80CD9C0AFE1D" authority="Blackburn, 1890" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1890" box="[199,600,473,499]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frenchi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B80CD9FCBFE1D" box="[199,409,473,499]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora frenchi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FE2380CD9C0AFE1D" author="Blackburn, T." box="[415,600,473,499]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="121 - 160" refId="ref35190" refString="Blackburn, T. (1890) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 13, 121 - 160." type="journal article" year="1890">Blackburn, 1890</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD3780CE9D86FE1D" authority="Breuning, 1961" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1961" box="[651,980,473,499]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frenchiana">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD3780CE9D73FE1D" box="[651,801,473,499]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. frenchiana</emphasis>
Breuning, 1961
</taxonomicName>
have similar names but are very different species. Most of the specimens we have seen labelled as
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FCA780EA9DDBFDF9" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1890" box="[795,905,509,535]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frenchi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FCA780EA9DDBFDF9" box="[795,905,509,535]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. frenchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Australian collections match the description of
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FF0483349FC6FDD5" author="Blackburn, T." box="[184,404,544,571]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="201 - 258" refId="ref35361" refString="Blackburn, T. (1895) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 19, 201 - 258." type="journal article" year="1895">Blackburns (1895)</bibRefCitation>
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FE2283349C26FDD4" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1890" box="[414,628,544,570]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frenchi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FE2283349C26FDD4" box="[414,628,544,570]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora frenchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, now renamed
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FC9683359D96FDD4" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1961" box="[810,964,544,570]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frenchiana">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC9683359D96FDD4" box="[810,964,544,570]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. frenchiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Breuning (
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FBD383349A9BFDD5" box="[1135,1225,544,571]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1485,1509]" captionTargetBox="[238,1345,181,1457]" captionTargetId="figure-19@7.[238,1349,181,1461]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 2. Rhytiphora species, holotypes (AJ) and reference photos (KL). A: Rhytiphora detrita male Hope, 1842. B: Mesiphiastus (Pubiphiastus) laterialbus female Breuning, 1970. C: Rhytiphora macleayi female Lea, 1912. D: Corrhenes (Corrhenes) paulla fuscosignata male Breuning, 1970. E: Acanthocinus piliger female Macleay, 1826. F: Rhytiphora piperitia female Hope, 1842. G: Menyllus rotundipennis male Breuning, 1968. H: Rhytiphora (Rhytiphora) subargentata male Breuning, 1970. I: Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) tenimberensis male Breuning, 1973 [R. sundaensis]. J: Rhytiphora tuberculata male Hope, 1842. K: Rhytiphora rugicollis female (Dalman, 1817). L: Rhytiphora frenchiana female Breuning, 1961." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129684" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129684/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 2L</figureCitation>
): large-bodied (18 lines = ~
<quantity id="B74921C1037D7F58FF4583509F1BFDB0" box="[249,329,580,606]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="38.0">38 mm</quantity>
) with a mottled black and white pattern similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FC6C83519AADFDB1" authority="Pascoe, 1857" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1857" box="[976,1279,580,607]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saundersii">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC6C83519A36FDB0" box="[976,1124,580,606]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. saundersii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FBD783519AADFDB1" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[1131,1279,580,607]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="97 - 112" refId="ref38010" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1857) On new genera and species of Longicorn Coleoptera, part II. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, New Series, 4, 97 - 112." type="journal article" year="1857">Pascoe, 1857</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FAB283509B31FDB0" box="[1294,1379,580,606]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[152,255,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[271,1317,489,1769]" captionTargetId="figure-173@4.[271,1317,489,1769]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Rhytiphora species in their natural habitats. A: Rhytiphora albospilota Aurivillius, 1893, © P. Zborowski. B: Rhytiphora pardalina (Breuning, 1942), © P. Zborowski. C: Rhytiphora diva (Thomson, 1860), © J. Lochman. D: Rhytiphora nigrovirens (Donovan, 1805), © P. Zborowski. E: Rhytiphora lateralis (Pascoe, 1858), © S. Harris. F: Rhytiphora saundersii (Pascoe, 1857), © A. Sundholm. G: Rhytiphora dallasii Pascoe, 1869, © R. de Keyzer. H: Rhytiphora obliqua (Donovan, 1805), © R. de Keyzer." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129682" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129682/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 1F</figureCitation>
; also see below). The senior homonym,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD9F837D9CC0FD6C" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1890" box="[547,658,616,642]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frenchi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD9F837D9CC0FD6C" box="[547,658,616,642]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. frenchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(originally
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FCA6837C9DE3FD6C" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1857" box="[794,945,616,642]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Platyomopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FCA6837C9DE3FD6C" box="[794,945,616,642]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Platyomopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FC7D837C9A29FD6C" author="Blackburn, T." box="[961,1147,616,642]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="121 - 160" refId="ref35190" refString="Blackburn, T. (1890) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 13, 121 - 160." type="journal article" year="1890">Blackburn 1890</bibRefCitation>
), is a smaller grey-haired species resembling
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FECD83999FA5FD48" box="[369,503,652,678]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. armatula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FE4183989CD5FD49" author="White, A." box="[509,647,652,679]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="117 - 123" refId="ref39315" refString="White, A. (1859) Descriptions of unrecorded species of Australian Coleoptera of the families Carabidae, Buprestidae, Lamellicornia, Longicornia, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1859, 117 - 123." type="journal article" year="1859">White, 1859</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD0083999D63FD48" box="[700,817,652,678]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. obliqua</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FC8B83989DB1FD49" author="Donovan, E." box="[823,995,652,679]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" refId="ref36826" refString="Donovan, E. (1805) An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including the figures and descriptions of one hundred and fifty-three species. E. Donovan, F. C. &amp; J. Rivington, London, iv pls. (unnumbered), 41 pp." type="book" year="1805">Donovan, 1805</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FC4E83989A1AFD48" box="[1010,1096,652,678]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[152,255,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[271,1317,489,1769]" captionTargetId="figure-173@4.[271,1317,489,1769]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Rhytiphora species in their natural habitats. A: Rhytiphora albospilota Aurivillius, 1893, © P. Zborowski. B: Rhytiphora pardalina (Breuning, 1942), © P. Zborowski. C: Rhytiphora diva (Thomson, 1860), © J. Lochman. D: Rhytiphora nigrovirens (Donovan, 1805), © P. Zborowski. E: Rhytiphora lateralis (Pascoe, 1858), © S. Harris. F: Rhytiphora saundersii (Pascoe, 1857), © A. Sundholm. G: Rhytiphora dallasii Pascoe, 1869, © R. de Keyzer. H: Rhytiphora obliqua (Donovan, 1805), © R. de Keyzer." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129682" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129682/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 1H</figureCitation>
) but without such pronounced elytral spines. These three species, as well as
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD0F83A49A43FD24" authority="Breuning, 1938" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1938" box="[691,1041,687,714]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Platyomopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multispinis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD0F83A49D03FD27" box="[691,849,687,713]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. multispinis</emphasis>
Breuning, 1938
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FB9C83A49B14FD24" authority="Gahan, 1893" authorityName="Gahan" authorityYear="1893" box="[1056,1350,687,714]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Platyomopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="regularis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FB9C83A49AFBFD27" box="[1056,1193,687,713]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. regularis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FB0F83BB9B14FD24" author="Gahan, C. J." box="[1203,1350,687,714]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="165 - 197" refId="ref37004" refString="Gahan, C. J. (1893) Notes on the longicornia of Australia and Tasmania. Part I., with a list of the species collected by Mr. J. J. Walker, R. N., F. L. S., and descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1893, 165 - 197. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1893. tb 02063. x" type="journal article" year="1893">Gahan, 1893</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FA3883A49F84FD03" authority="Breuning, 1973" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1973" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subregularis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FA3883A49F76FD03" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. subregularis</emphasis>
Breuning, 1973
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FE5983C79C64FD03" box="[485,566,723,749]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="22.[152,255,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[195,1390,187,1439]" captionTargetId="figure-23@22.[195,1391,181,1442]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 12. Rhytiphora frenchi and similar species, holotypes (AE) and reference photo (F). A: Platyomopsis frenchi female Blackburn, 1890. B: Symphyletes armatulus male White, 1859. C: Platyomopsis spinosa female Thomson, 1864. D: Platyomopsis multispinis male Breuning, 1938. E: Platyomopsis regularis female Gahan, 1893. F: Rhytiphora (Platyomopsis) subregularis Breuning, 1973." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129710" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129710/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
), are often confused and would benefit from sequencing to confirm the species boundaries (especially for
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FE7D83EC9C15FCFF" box="[449,583,759,785]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. regularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FDC183EC9D7BFCFF" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1973" box="[637,809,759,785]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subregularis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FDC183EC9D7BFCFF" box="[637,809,759,785]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. subregularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which may be red western/brown eastern morphotypes of the same widespread species).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B822A9CE5FC4E" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B822A9C65FCB6" authority="Breuning, 1961" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1961" box="[199,567,830,856]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="freyi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B822A9F2DFCB6" box="[199,383,830,856]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora freyi</emphasis>
Breuning, 1961
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FDF4822A9CF3FCB7" box="[584,673,830,857]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="9.[152,255,1612,1636]" captionTargetBox="[263,1327,313,1589]" captionTargetId="figure-81@9.[260,1327,309,1589]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 4. Rhytiphora species, holotypes omitted from Ślipiński &amp; Escalona (2013). A: Prosoplus (Prosoplus) demarzi female Breuning, 1963. B: Prosoplus elongatus female Breuning, 1938. C: Platyomopsis frenchi female Blackburn, 1890. D: Notocorrhenes freyi Breuning, 1961. E: Hathlia grammica Pascoe, 1859. F: Rhytiphora leucospila Gahan, 1893. G: Penthea lichenosus female McKeown, 1942. H: Xiphohathlia lobata male Breuning, 1961. I: Penthea macularia Pascoe, 1867. J: Sysspilotus macleayi Pascoe, 1865. K: Menyllus maculicornis Pascoe, 1864." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129688" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129688/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
) has similar elytra to
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FC26822B9AEFFCB7" authority="Breuning, 1938" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1938" box="[922,1213,830,857]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Paradaxata" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="villosa">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC26822B9A57FCB6" box="[922,1029,830,856]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. villosa</emphasis>
Breuning, 1938
</taxonomicName>
(colour pattern and basal tufts of long setae) but a different pronotum (colour pattern more similar to
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FBB282779B5AFC92" authority="Pascoe, 1863" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" box="[1038,1288,866,893]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Niphona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblita">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FBB282779A3FFC92" box="[1038,1133,866,892]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. oblita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FBCE82779B5AFC92" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[1138,1288,866,893]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe, 1863</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
). Sequencing is needed to determine how many lineages exist.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B82BE9B68FBC1" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B82BE9F91FC2A" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" box="[199,451,938,964]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulvescens">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B82BE9F91FC2A" box="[199,451,938,964]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FDBC82BE9D31FC2A" authority="White, 1858" authorityName="White" authorityYear="1858" box="[512,867,937,964]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtuberculata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FDBC82BE9C98FC2A" box="[512,714,938,964]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. subtuberculata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FD6982BE9D31FC2A" author="White, A." box="[725,867,937,964]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="264 - 276" refId="ref39261" refString="White, A. (1858) Descriptions of some apparently unrecorded species of longicorn beetles, belonging to the genera Phrissoma, Nyphona, &amp; c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 2, 264 - 276. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935808697024" type="journal article" year="1858">White, 1858</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
have similar body shape and white markings on the elytra, but are predominately different colours.
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FD4D82D99DCCFC06" author="White, A." box="[753,926,973,1000]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="264 - 276" refId="ref39261" refString="White, A. (1858) Descriptions of some apparently unrecorded species of longicorn beetles, belonging to the genera Phrissoma, Nyphona, &amp; c. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 2, 264 - 276. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935808697024" type="journal article" year="1858">Whites (1858)</bibRefCitation>
description of
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FBE882D99BCEFC09" box="[1108,1436,973,999]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Symphyletes subtuberculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mentions an ochreous variant of the grey
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, which may refer to what
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FC5C82E69A2CFBE5" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[992,1150,1009,1036]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe (1863)</bibRefCitation>
described as
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FAAE82E59F58FBC1" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Symphyletes fulvescens</emphasis>
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. Sequencing of both colour varieties is needed to confirm whether there are one or two species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B852C9F61FB50" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B852C9C12FBBC" authority="Pascoe, 1864" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1864" box="[199,576,1080,1107]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fumata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B852C9FCCFBBD" box="[199,414,1080,1107]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora fumata</emphasis>
Pascoe, 1864
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FDC3852D9DEBFBBD" authority="Breuning, 1938" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1938" box="[639,953,1080,1107]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Penthea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="obscura">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FDC3852D9CAEFBBC" box="[639,764,1080,1106]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. obscura</emphasis>
Breuning, 1938
</taxonomicName>
are quite similar morphologically, but
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FA38852D9EA3FB98" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. obscura</emphasis>
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has much fainter elytral patterning. Closer examination of the
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC1685499A71FB98" box="[938,1059,1116,1142]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="AF0A3286037D7F58FB9585489ADCFB98" box="[1065,1166,1116,1142]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, and genetic sequencing of similar specimens (if not the original
<typeStatus id="AF0A3286037D7F58FDEB85949C96FB74" box="[599,708,1152,1178]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotypes</typeStatus>
themselves), will determine whether these two species should be synonymised.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B85D39C45FAA3" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
The colour pattern of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FE7F85DC9D56FB0C" authority="McKeown, 1948" authorityName="McKeown" authorityYear="1948" box="[451,772,1223,1250]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="glauerti">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FE7F85DC9C6FFB0F" box="[451,573,1223,1249]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. glauerti</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FDFA85DC9D56FB0C" author="McKeown, K. C." box="[582,772,1224,1250]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="49 - 63" refId="ref37763" refString="McKeown, K. C. (1948) Australian Cerambycidae VIII. Notes on a collection from the Western Australian Museum, with descriptions of new species. Records of the Australian Museum, 22, 49 - 63. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.22.1948.589" type="journal article" year="1948">McKeown, 1948</bibRefCitation>
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appears to be intermediate between that of
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FB4085DC9BCFFB0F" box="[1276,1437,1223,1249]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. crassicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(banded pronotum) and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FE1785F89C8FFAEB" authority="Pascoe, 1867" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1867" box="[427,733,1259,1286]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Penthea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macularia">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FE1785F89C6DFAEB" box="[427,575,1259,1285]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. macularia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FDF485F89C8FFAEB" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[584,733,1259,1286]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="300 - 308" refId="ref38475" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1867) Supplement to the list of Australian longicornia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 9, 300 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1867. tb 00204. x" type="journal article" year="1867">Pascoe, 1867</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(finely mottled elytra;
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FC5585FF9A6AFAEB" box="[1001,1080,1259,1285]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="9.[152,255,1612,1636]" captionTargetBox="[263,1327,313,1589]" captionTargetId="figure-81@9.[260,1327,309,1589]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 4. Rhytiphora species, holotypes omitted from Ślipiński &amp; Escalona (2013). A: Prosoplus (Prosoplus) demarzi female Breuning, 1963. B: Prosoplus elongatus female Breuning, 1938. C: Platyomopsis frenchi female Blackburn, 1890. D: Notocorrhenes freyi Breuning, 1961. E: Hathlia grammica Pascoe, 1859. F: Rhytiphora leucospila Gahan, 1893. G: Penthea lichenosus female McKeown, 1942. H: Xiphohathlia lobata male Breuning, 1961. I: Penthea macularia Pascoe, 1867. J: Sysspilotus macleayi Pascoe, 1865. K: Menyllus maculicornis Pascoe, 1864." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129688" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129688/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 4I</figureCitation>
). Only
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<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FB2C85F89B63FAEB" box="[1168,1329,1259,1285]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. crassicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been sequenced (
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FEA7841B9C59FAC7" author="Ashman, L. G. &amp; Hartley, D. &amp; Jin, M. &amp; Rowell, D. M. &amp; Teasdale, L. &amp; Slipinski, A. &amp; Zwick, A." box="[283,523,1295,1321]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="493 - 505" refId="ref34772" refString="Ashman, L. G., Hartley, D., Jin, M., Rowell, D. M., Teasdale, L., Slipinski, A. &amp; Zwick, A. (2022 a) Rhytiphora: a phylogenetic and morphological study of Australia's largest longhorn beetle genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Invertebrate Systematics 36, 493 - 505. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 21071" type="journal article" year="2022">
Ashman
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FE3E84049FE9FAC7" box="[386,443,1295,1321]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al.</emphasis>
2022a
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); more extensive sampling, across all three species geographic ranges, is needed to confirm the species boundaries.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B84429F31F9EE" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B84429C22FA9F" authority="Pascoe, 1858" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1858" box="[199,624,1366,1393]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculicornis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B84429F89FA9E" box="[199,475,1366,1392]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora maculicornis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FE6384439C22FA9F" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[479,624,1366,1393]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="236 - 266" refId="ref38048" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1858) On new genera and species of Longicorn Coleoptera, part III. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, New Series, 2, 236 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1858. tb 01823. x" type="journal article" year="1858">Pascoe, 1858</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD1C84439DE9FA9F" authority="Pascoe, 1865" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1865" box="[672,955,1366,1393]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sospitalis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD1C84439D74FA9E" box="[672,806,1366,1392]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. sospitalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FC9684439DE9FA9F" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[810,955,1366,1393]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="352 - 374" refId="ref38389" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1865) A second series of descriptions of new Australian longicornia. Journal of Entomology, 2, 352 - 374." type="journal article" year="1865">Pascoe, 1865</bibRefCitation>
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(both WA) are very similar morphologically except for a white diagonal marking in the apical third of the elytra (present in
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FBF5846F9AACFA7A" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1858" box="[1097,1278,1402,1428]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculicornis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FBF5846F9AACFA7A" box="[1097,1278,1402,1428]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. maculicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, absent in
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FA38846F9F53FA56" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1865" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sospitalis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FA38846F9F53FA56" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. sospitalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). There are also two species from QLD with similar body size, shape and colouring:
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FB63848B9F17FA32" authority="Breuning, 1970" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1970" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parantennalis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FB63848B9BCFFA56" box="[1247,1437,1438,1464]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. parantennalis</emphasis>
Breuning, 1970
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FEC784D69D4EFA32" authority="Breuning, 1939" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1939" box="[379,796,1474,1500]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochreomarmorata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FEC784D69C37FA32" box="[379,613,1474,1500]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. ochreomarmorata</emphasis>
Breuning, 1939
</taxonomicName>
. Sequencing of all four species will determine how many lineages there are.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B871D9BC5F95C" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B871D9D4DF9CD" authority="Tavakilian &amp; Nearns, 2014" authorityName="Tavakilian &amp; Nearns" authorityYear="2014" box="[199,799,1545,1572]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marmoreoides">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B871D9FBEF9CD" box="[199,492,1545,1571]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora marmoreoides</emphasis>
Tavakilian &amp; Nearns, 2014
</taxonomicName>
(WA),
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FCCD871E9A02F9CD" authority="Olliff, 1890" authorityName="Olliff" authorityYear="1890" box="[881,1104,1545,1571]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rosei">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FCCD871E9D94F9CD" box="[881,966,1546,1571]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. rosei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FC71871D9A02F9CD" author="Olliff, A. S." box="[973,1104,1545,1571]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="1 - 11" refId="ref37951" refString="Olliff, A. S. (1890) Contributions towards a knowledge of the Coleoptera of Australia. VI. New Lamellicornia and Longicornia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Series 2, 5, 1 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 18620" type="journal article" year="1890">Olliff, 1890</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(east coast) and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FAB5871E9BCFF9CD" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1857" box="[1289,1437,1545,1571]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saundersii">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FAB5871E9BCFF9CD" box="[1289,1437,1545,1571]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. saundersii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(western to central
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) share a distinctive black and white elytral pattern (
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FB9D87399A24F9A9" box="[1057,1142,1581,1607]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[152,255,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[271,1317,489,1769]" captionTargetId="figure-173@4.[271,1317,489,1769]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Rhytiphora species in their natural habitats. A: Rhytiphora albospilota Aurivillius, 1893, © P. Zborowski. B: Rhytiphora pardalina (Breuning, 1942), © P. Zborowski. C: Rhytiphora diva (Thomson, 1860), © J. Lochman. D: Rhytiphora nigrovirens (Donovan, 1805), © P. Zborowski. E: Rhytiphora lateralis (Pascoe, 1858), © S. Harris. F: Rhytiphora saundersii (Pascoe, 1857), © A. Sundholm. G: Rhytiphora dallasii Pascoe, 1869, © R. de Keyzer. H: Rhytiphora obliqua (Donovan, 1805), © R. de Keyzer." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129682" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129682/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 1F</figureCitation>
);
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FB30873A9B1FF9A9" authorityName="Tavakilian &amp; Nearns" authorityYear="2014" box="[1164,1357,1581,1607]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marmoreoides">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FB30873A9B1FF9A9" box="[1164,1357,1581,1607]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. marmoreoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FA38873A9E9CF984" authorityName="Olliff" authorityYear="1890" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rosei">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FA38873A9E9CF984" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. rosei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are more finely mottled than
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD9B87459CECF984" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1857" box="[551,702,1616,1642]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saundersii">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD9B87459CECF984" box="[551,702,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. saundersii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, yet do not overlap geographically. Sequencing specimens from across
<collectingCountry id="08A6CCB4037D7F58FF5E87609F1BF960" box="[226,329,1652,1678]" name="Australia" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Australia</collectingCountry>
is needed to confirm the species boundaries.
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FC8287609A68F960" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1961" box="[830,1082,1652,1678]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frenchiana">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC8287609A68F960" box="[830,1082,1652,1678]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora frenchiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also has black and white elytral patterning, but can be distinguished from the above three species by the white lateral stripe on the elytra (
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FA8F878C9BD9F95C" box="[1331,1419,1688,1714]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="7.[152,255,1485,1509]" captionTargetBox="[238,1345,181,1457]" captionTargetId="figure-19@7.[238,1349,181,1461]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 2. Rhytiphora species, holotypes (AJ) and reference photos (KL). A: Rhytiphora detrita male Hope, 1842. B: Mesiphiastus (Pubiphiastus) laterialbus female Breuning, 1970. C: Rhytiphora macleayi female Lea, 1912. D: Corrhenes (Corrhenes) paulla fuscosignata male Breuning, 1970. E: Acanthocinus piliger female Macleay, 1826. F: Rhytiphora piperitia female Hope, 1842. G: Menyllus rotundipennis male Breuning, 1968. H: Rhytiphora (Rhytiphora) subargentata male Breuning, 1970. I: Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) tenimberensis male Breuning, 1973 [R. sundaensis]. J: Rhytiphora tuberculata male Hope, 1842. K: Rhytiphora rugicollis female (Dalman, 1817). L: Rhytiphora frenchiana female Breuning, 1961." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129684" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129684/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 2L</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B87A89D41F867" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B87A89C3BF938" authority="Blackburn, 1897" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1897" box="[199,617,1724,1750]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mastersi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B87A89FF8F938" box="[199,426,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora mastersi</emphasis>
Blackburn, 1897
</taxonomicName>
(WA),
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD0687A99A52F939" authority="Pascoe, 1875" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1875" box="[698,1024,1724,1751]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Penthea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="melanosticta">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD0687A99D35F938" box="[698,871,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. melanosticta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FCD187A89A52F939" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[877,1024,1724,1751]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="59 - 73" refId="ref38568" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1875) Notes on Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species, part III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4, 15, 59 - 73. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937508681025" type="journal article" year="1875">Pascoe, 1875</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(WA and NT) and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FB6C87A99E9DF917" authority="Pascoe, 1863" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Penthea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="scenica">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FB6C87A99B10F938" box="[1232,1346,1725,1750]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. scenica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FAFB87A89E9DF917" author="Pascoe, F. P." pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe, 1863</bibRefCitation>
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(QLD) have similar morphology (banded antennae, orange/white elytra with black spots;
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FB7587CB9B4FF914" box="[1225,1309,1759,1786]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="23.[152,255,1411,1435]" captionTargetBox="[163,1413,181,1384]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[163,1425,181,1387]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 13. Rhytiphora scenica and similar species, holotypes. A: Penthea scenica Pascoe, 1863. B: Penthea lichenosus female McKeown, 1942. C: Penthea (Melanopenthea) obscura male Breuning, 1961. D: Penthea mastersi Blackburn, 1897. E: Penthea melanosticta Pascoe, 1875. F: Penthea pardalina female Breuning, 1942." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129712" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129712/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
). There are several specimens with colouration partway between
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD4186109D2CF8F3" authorityName="Blackburn" authorityYear="1897" box="[765,894,1796,1821]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mastersi">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD4186109D2CF8F3" box="[765,894,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. mastersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FC0686109A38F8F3" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1875" box="[954,1130,1795,1821]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Penthea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="melanosticta">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC0686109A38F8F3" box="[954,1130,1795,1821]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. melanosticta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; sequencing is required to determine the species genetic, morphological and geographic boundaries.
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FC5286339BCEF8AF" authority="Breuning, 1942" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1942" box="[1006,1436,1831,1857]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pardalina">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC5286339AB0F8AF" box="[1006,1250,1831,1857]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora pardalina</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FB5086339BCEF8AF" author="Breuning, S." box="[1260,1436,1831,1857]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="113 - 175" refId="ref35868" refString="Breuning, S. (1942) Novae species Cerambycidarum XI. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 11, 113 - 175." type="journal article" year="1942">Breuning, 1942</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FF23865F9F53F88B" box="[159,257,1867,1893]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[152,255,1792,1816]" captionTargetBox="[271,1317,489,1769]" captionTargetId="figure-173@4.[271,1317,489,1769]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Rhytiphora species in their natural habitats. A: Rhytiphora albospilota Aurivillius, 1893, © P. Zborowski. B: Rhytiphora pardalina (Breuning, 1942), © P. Zborowski. C: Rhytiphora diva (Thomson, 1860), © J. Lochman. D: Rhytiphora nigrovirens (Donovan, 1805), © P. Zborowski. E: Rhytiphora lateralis (Pascoe, 1858), © S. Harris. F: Rhytiphora saundersii (Pascoe, 1857), © A. Sundholm. G: Rhytiphora dallasii Pascoe, 1869, © R. de Keyzer. H: Rhytiphora obliqua (Donovan, 1805), © R. de Keyzer." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129682" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129682/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Figs. 1B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E88A90A1037D7F58FEB1865F9F68F88B" box="[269,314,1867,1893]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="23.[152,255,1411,1435]" captionTargetBox="[163,1413,181,1384]" captionTargetId="figure-19@23.[163,1425,181,1387]" captionTargetPageId="23" captionText="FIGURE 13. Rhytiphora scenica and similar species, holotypes. A: Penthea scenica Pascoe, 1863. B: Penthea lichenosus female McKeown, 1942. C: Penthea (Melanopenthea) obscura male Breuning, 1961. D: Penthea mastersi Blackburn, 1897. E: Penthea melanosticta Pascoe, 1875. F: Penthea pardalina female Breuning, 1942." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129712" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8129712/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">13F</figureCitation>
) has a similar colour scheme to the above three species, but lacks a lateral pronotum spine and has a unique elytral pattern consistent across many specimens.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037D7F58FF7B86879DC8F81B" blockId="26.[151,1437,150,2038]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FF7B86879CDCF843" authority="Breuning, 1940" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1940" box="[199,654,1939,1965]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochreopicta">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FF7B86879F86F843" box="[199,468,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Rhytiphora ochreopicta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037D7F58FE6186879CDCF843" author="Breuning, S." box="[477,654,1939,1965]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" pagination="407 - 437" refId="ref35845" refString="Breuning, S. (1940) Novae species Cerambycidarum X. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 10, 407 - 437." type="journal article" year="1940">Breuning, 1940</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FC9786809DDCF843" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" box="[811,910,1939,1965]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Niphona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblita">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FC9786809DDCF843" box="[811,910,1939,1965]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. oblita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
except for the white diagonal marking in the apical third of the elytra (absent in
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FD9E86AC9C94F83F" authorityName="Breuning" authorityYear="1940" box="[546,710,1975,2001]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ochreopicta">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FD9E86AC9C94F83F" box="[546,710,1975,2001]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. ochreopicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, present in
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037D7F58FCF586AC9DFBF83F" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" box="[841,937,1975,2001]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Niphona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblita">
<emphasis id="42C55036037D7F58FCF586AC9DFBF83F" box="[841,937,1975,2001]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">R. oblita</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Sequencing is needed to establish whether or not this morphological difference corresponds to distinct lineages.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="700E8C24037C7F59FF7B81839B69FDF7" blockId="27.[151,1437,150,717]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
There is a complicated history of
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FD8781839CE0FF5F" box="[571,690,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. piligera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FD5B81839DDAFF5F" box="[743,904,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. pulverulens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FC3281839A1AFF5F" author="Boisduval, J. B. A." box="[910,1096,150,177]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" refId="ref35607" refString="Boisduval, J. B. A. (1835) Voyage de Decouvertes de lAstrolabe execute par ordre du Roi, pendant les annees 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont dUrville. Faune entomologique de lOcean Pacifique, avec lillustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Deuxieme partie. Coleopteres et autres orders. J. Tastu, Paris, vii + 716 pp." type="book" year="1835">Boisduval, 1835</bibRefCitation>
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, with some species incorrectly synonymised with the former instead of the latter due to mislabelling of specimens in various museums (
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FA9881AF9E81FF17" author="McKeown, K. C." pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="1 - 190" refId="ref37720" refString="McKeown, K. C. (1947) Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Australia. Australian Museum Memoir, 10, 1 - 190. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1967.10.1947.477" type="journal article" year="1947">McKeown 1947</bibRefCitation>
). Here we have restricted
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FE5181CB9C36FF17" box="[493,612,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. piligera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the original
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, housed in ANIC (
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), and the newly synonymised
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FF2B80179FDAFEF3" box="[151,392,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Symphyletes nodosus</emphasis>
Newman, 1842
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(which are both brown with basal elytral tubercules and clavate antennal scape). We united all the large, grey, diagonally striped species under
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FC2480339A6BFEAF" box="[920,1081,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. pulverulens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037C7F59FBFB80339E9DFE8B" authority="Thomson, 1864" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1864" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Saperdopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="armata">
<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FBFB80339B74FEAE" box="[1095,1318,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Saperdopsis armata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FA9780339E9DFE8B" author="Thomson, J." pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="1 - 540" refId="ref39166" refString="Thomson, J. (1864) Systema Cerambycidarum ou expose de tous les genres compris dans la famille des Cerambycides et familles limitrophes. Memoires de la Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege, 19, 1 - 540. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 82379" type="journal article" year="1864">Thomson, 1864</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FF61805F9FBBFE8B" box="[221,489,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Symphyletes anaglyptus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FE53805F9CD0FE8B" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[495,642,331,357]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="300 - 308" refId="ref38475" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1867) Supplement to the list of Australian longicornia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 9, 300 - 308. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1867. tb 00204. x" type="journal article" year="1867">Pascoe, 1867</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037C7F59FD2C805F9DF3FE8B" authority="Pascoe, 1863" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1863" box="[656,929,331,357]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ingestus">
<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FD2C805F9D55FE8A" box="[656,775,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">S. ingestus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FCB1805F9DF3FE8B" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[781,929,331,357]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe, 1863</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FC12805F9A74FE8A" box="[942,1062,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">S. moratus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FB90805F9AEDFE8B" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[1068,1215,331,357]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe, 1863</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FB71805F9B13FE8A" box="[1229,1345,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">S. munitus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FAFB805F9E9DFE67" author="Pascoe, F. P." pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="526 - 570" refId="ref38242" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1863) Notes on the Australian longicornia, with descriptions of sixty new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Series 3, 1, 526 - 570. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1863. tb 01302. x" type="journal article" year="1863">Pascoe, 1863</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037C7F59FF60807B9F8DFE67" authority="Pascoe, 1859" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1859" box="[220,479,366,393]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Symphyletes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sodalis">
<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FF60807B9F14FE67" box="[220,326,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">S. sodalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FEF0807B9F8DFE67" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[332,479,366,393]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="12 - 61" refId="ref38105" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1859) On new genera and species of Longicorn Coleoptera, part IV. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, New Series, 1 - 2, 12 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1859. tb 01833. x" type="journal article" year="1859">Pascoe, 1859</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FDAF807B9CD5FE66" box="[531,647,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">S. vetustus</emphasis>
Pascoe, 1862
</taxonomicName>
(but not
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037C7F59FC3E807B9AD1FE67" authority="Pascoe, 1866" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1866" box="[898,1155,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="devota">
<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FC3E807B9DB9FE67" box="[898,1003,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. devota</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FC4D807B9AD1FE67" author="Pascoe, F. P." box="[1009,1155,367,393]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="80 - 112" refId="ref38418" refString="Pascoe, F. P. (1866) On the Longicornia of Australia, with a list of all the described species. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology, 9, 80 - 112. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1866. tb 00190. x" type="journal article" year="1866">Pascoe, 1866</bibRefCitation>
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from WA). Defined thus, this species is distributed widely across the eastern half of
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, as well as New
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; sequencing specimens across this range would allow us to determine whether
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FCA980A39DEBFE3F" box="[789,953,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. pulverulens</emphasis>
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is one widespread or multiple convergent species.
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FF4580CF9FA9FE1B" box="[249,507,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Rhytiphora sundaensis</emphasis>
Breuning, 1973
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(
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) from the
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of
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is very similar morphologically to the Australian
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FDAB80EB9CEBFDF7" box="[535,697,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. pulverulens</emphasis>
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, but has been left separate pending genetic confirmation.
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The
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of
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FE2F83379FADFDD2" box="[403,511,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. sannio</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1420F1D5037C7F59FDB483379CE7FDD3" author="Newman, E." box="[520,693,547,573]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" pagination="483 - 500" refId="ref37847" refString="Newman, E. (1838) Entomological notes. The Entomological Magazine 5, 483 - 500." type="journal article" year="1838">Newman, 1838</bibRefCitation>
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(east coast) and
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<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FCC683379A71FDD3" box="[890,1059,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. waterhousei</emphasis>
Pascoe, 1864
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(south coast) have very similar body size and shape, but different elytral colouration (red with diagonal markings vs. yellow without markings). However, there are specimens from NSW with intermediate colouration. It is possible that
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037C7F59FB4A837F9BCEFD6B" authorityName="Pascoe" authorityYear="1864" box="[1270,1436,619,645]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="waterhousei">
<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FB4A837F9BCEFD6B" box="[1270,1436,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. waterhousei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a southern variant of
<taxonomicName id="B7B1F7A7037C7F59FE08839B9C70FD46" authorityName="Newman" authorityYear="1838" box="[436,546,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Rhytiphora" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sannio">
<emphasis id="42C55036037C7F59FE08839B9C70FD46" box="[436,546,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">R. sannio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; sequencing across the geographic and morphological gradient is needed to determine whether distinct lineages exist.
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