Rhytiphora armatula ( White, 1859 )

Ashman, Lauren G., Keyzer, Roger De & S ́ Lipińsk, Adam, 2023, The Australian genus Rhytiphora (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) with a revision of the Rhytiphora collaris group, Zootaxa 5312 (1), pp. 1-62 : 33

Rhytiphora armatula ( White, 1859) (see Discussion)

Symphyletes armatulus White, 1859: 122 . TL: “ Northern Australia ” (syntype in BMNH, examined here; Fig. 12B )

Moved to Rhyitphora (Platyomopsis) armatula: Breuning, 1961a: 275

Distribution: QLD, NT, WA

Host plants: Melaleuca dealbata , M. viridiflora (ANIC specimen data)

Figures

FIGURE 12. Rhytiphora frenchi and similar species, holotypes (A–E) 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.