A Review of the Australian Macrotomini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)

Phylogeny and Tribal Classification of Australian Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

“…Detailed descriptions and illustrations have either been provided in Jin et al . (2020a, 2020b) or will be included in the comprehensive monograph of Australian Longhorn Beetles volume 3 (Ślipiński et al . 2023, in press).…”

“…Still, it corresponds well with potential morphological apomorphies discovered by Jin et al . (2020a, 2020b for combined Macrotomini, Mallodonini and Remphanini) in the structure of the mesocoxal cavities broadly open to mesanepisternum and mesepimeron, and the eyes not emarginate near antennal insertions. This concept is in general agreement with the classifications from Lameere (1919), Danilevsky (2020) and Jin et al .…”

“…2020a), based on a backbone phylogeny using mitochondrial protein-coding genes, tested for the first time the phylogenetic relationships among the Australian prionine genera and demonstrated that many groups were artificial and required novel generic or tribal assignments. This was followed by a detailed taxonomic review of the largest Australian tribe Macrotomini Thomson (Jin et al . 2020b).…”

“…questioned the placement of Australian taxa and suggested most of the genera of Australian Macrotomini in Jin et al . (2020b) might belong elsewhere. Moreover, when exploring the phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian Cerambycidae (Jin et al .…”

“…This paper continues our comprehensive research on the Australian Cerambycidae (Ślipiński & Escalona, 2013, 2016), extends the molecular phylogenetic studies of Australian Prioninae (Jin et al . 2020a, 2020b), resolves tribal and generic classification, and provides the framework for volume 3 of the Australian Longhorn Beetles book (Ślipiński et al ., 2023, in press).…”