Rhytiphora scenica ( Pascoe, 1863 )

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 : 54

Rhytiphora scenica ( Pascoe, 1863) (see Discussion)

Penthea scenica Pascoe, 1863: 540 . TL: Port Denison , Queensland (syntype in BMNH, examined here; Fig. 13A )

Penthea miliaris Pascoe, 1863: 540 . TL: Port Denison , Queensland (syntype in BMNH, examined here)

Moved to Rhytiphora scenica : Ślipiński & Escalona, 2013: 211

Penthea lichenosus McKeown, 1942: 103 . TL: Coen River , Queensland (holotype in AM, examined here; Figs. 4G , 13B ). New synonym

Moved to Rhytiphora lichenosa : Ślipiński & Escalona, 2013: 205

Penthea (Melanopenthea) obscura Breuning, 1961d: 17 . TL: Cooktown , Queensland (holotype in RBI, examined here; Fig. 13C ). Junior secondary homonym of Saperdopsis obscura (Breuning, 1938) . New synonym

Rhytiphora pascoei Ślipiński & Escalona, 2013: 209. Replacement name for R. obscura (Breuning, 1961)

Distribution: QLD

Host plants: Tephrosia astragaloides ( Webb 1987)

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 13. Rhytiphora scenica and similar species, holotypes. A: Penthea scenica Pascoe, 1863. B: Penthea lichenosus female McKeown, 1942. C: Penthea (Melanopenthea) obscura male Breuning, 1961. D: Penthea mastersi Blackburn, 1897. E: Penthea melanosticta Pascoe, 1875. F: Penthea pardalina female Breuning, 1942.