Rhytiphora piligera ( Macleay, 1826 )

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 : 50-51

Rhytiphora piligera ( Macleay, 1826) (see Discussion)

Acanthocinus piliger Macleay, 1826: 452 . TL: “ Australia ” (syntype in ANIC, examined here; Fig. 2E )

Moved to Rhytiphora (Saperdopsis) piligera: Breuning, 1961a: 273

Symphyletes nodosus Newman, 1842b: 362 . TL: Port Phillip , Victoria (syntype in BMNH, examined here). New synonym

Moved to Rhytiphora nodosa : Ślipiński & Escalona, 2013: 208

Distribution: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC

Host plants: Acacia binervata , A. decurrens , A. implexa , A. irrorata , A. longifolia , A. mearnsii , A. parramattensis ; Casuarina sp. ; Eucalyptus sp. ; Exocarpos sp. ; Leptospermum sp. ? (“tea-scrub”); Xanthorrhoea sp. ( Duffy 1963; Newman 1842b; Roger de Keyzer pers. obs.; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2021; Webb 1987)

Figures

FIGURE 2. Rhytiphora species, holotypes (A–J) and reference photos (K–L). 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.