Rhytiphora pedicornis ( Fabricius, 1775 )

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

Rhytiphora pedicornis ( Fabricius, 1775)

Lamia pedicornis Fabricius, 1775: 170 . TL: “ New Holland ” (type not found)

Rhytiphora tuberculata Hope, 1842: 429 . TL: Port Essington , Northern Territory (syntype in OUMNH, examined here; Fig. 2J )

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

Distribution: Australia: WA, NT, QLD; Papua New Guinea

Host plants: Alstonia sp. ? (“quinine bush”); Casuarina equisetifolia ; Cathormion umbellatum ; Crotalaria sp. ? (“rattle pods”); Eucalyptus polycarpa ; Mimosa pigra ; Stylosanthes scabra ; Xanthorrhoea sp. (ANIC specimen data; Hall 1980; Simon Ong pers. obs.)

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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.