Rhytiphora Audinet-Serville, 1835

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 : 7

Rhytiphora Audinet-Serville, 1835

Type species Lamia rugicollis Dalman, 1817 by monotypy ( Fig. 2K ). Both the genus and species name (Greek and Latin, respectively) refer to the rugose pronotum. A full description and list of generic synonyms can be found in Ślipiński & Escalona (2013).

Based on molecular evidence, the Australian Rhytiphora species fall into two phylogenetic clades ( Ashman et al. 2022b); characteristic morphological traits are listed below. Within these two clades, species’ relationships are not consistent with former taxonomic groupings (e.g. previously recognised genera and subgenera; Ashman et al. 2022a); therefore, we do not use any subgeneric divisions in this paper. Four species contradict their clades’ typical morphology ( Ashman et al. 2022a): Rhytiphora piligera Macleay, 1826 and R. pustulosa Pascoe, 1864 in clade 1; R. crassicollis Pascoe, 1864 and R. fulvescens Pascoe, 1863 in clade 2. Both clades have at least one New Guinean endemic species. Clade 2 also contains a species group with punctate antennal scapes (all other Rhytiphora species have smooth scapes): R. argentata Breuning, 1938 , R. browni McKeown, 1938 , R. dallasii Pascoe, 1869 , and R. macleayi Lea, 1912 .

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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.