Rhytiphora frenchi ( Blackburn, 1890 )

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 : 41

Rhytiphora frenchi ( Blackburn, 1890) (see Discussion)

Platyomopsis frenchi Blackburn, 1890: 132 . TL: Yilgarn , Western Australia (syntype in BMNH, examined here; Figs. 4C , 12A )

Moved to Rhytiphora (Platyomopsis) frenchi: Breuning, 1961a: 275

Distribution: WA, SA

Host plants: Melaleuca lanceolata (Ben Parslow pers. obs.)

Figures

FIGURE 4. Rhytiphora species, holotypes omitted from Ślipiński & 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.

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.