Xixuthrus microcerus
Creators: name: Jin, Mengjie
name: Keyzer, Roger De
name: Hutchinson, Paul
name: Pang, Hong
name: Ślipiński, Adam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Xixuthrus
Xixuthrus microcerus

description: <i>Xixuthrus microcerus</i> (White, 1853) (Figs. 13 J–M, 15C, 15R, 18C) <i>Macrotoma microcera</i> White, 1853: 40. TL: Java. Holoype in BNHM (examined). <i>Xixuthrus nycticorax</i> Thomson, 1877b: 154. Marazzi <i>et al</i>. 2006. TL: Australia. Holotype in MNHN (examined). <i>Xixuthrus microcerus nycticorax</i>: Lameere, 1912:156; Lameere, 1919: 172; McKeown, 1947: 12. <b> <i>Diagnosis</i>.</b> The Australian species can be easily separated from other Australian Prioninae in having entire body setose, the protibia with single spur apically and with random spines not arranged in rows. <b> <i>Types</i>.</b> <i>Macrotoma microcera</i> White, Holotype male in BNHM (BNHM-010799863), with the following labels “ M. microcera, n.s., Java | Macrotoma microcera White Type | 49-5”. <i>Xixuthrus nycticorax</i> Thomson, Holotype male in MNHN, with the following labels “nycticorax, Type, An. Fr. 1877, Bull. 226, Thoms., Austral. | Th. TYPE”. <i>Material examined</i> (Fig. 18C). <b>Queensland: ANIC</b> (19 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 18 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 11: Kuranda, 19 Butler Dr., {from Dec. 2001 to Mar. 2018}, D.C.F. Rentz; 2: Cape York, May 2015, A. Zwick; 2: Cardstone, Jan. 1972, P. Zborowski; 2: Gordonvale, Nov. 1990, R. Hardie; 2: Mission Beach, Nov. 1976, G. O’Reilly; 2: Polly Ck., Garradunga, Oct. 2013, J. Hasenpusch; 2: Shiptons Flat, Oct. 1980, T. Weir; Cairns, Dec. 1950, G.S.; Clump Point, Dec. 1949, J.O. Campbell; Cooktown, Jun. 1970, Le Souef; Edge Hill, Cairns, Jan. 1973, P. Winfield and J.G. Brooks; Gillies Rd., 6mi. From Gordonvale, Dec. 1968, S. Misko; Julatten, Dec. 1999, B.P. Moore; Julatten, Jan. 1993, B.P. Moore; Little mulgrave valley, Nov. 1969, R. Parrot; Lync-Haven, Daintree area, Dec. 2012, [QM / ANIC]; Mission Beach, May 1993, G. O’Reilly; Palmerston Nat. Pk., Dec. 1967, R. Dobson; Pilgrim Sands, Feb. 1998, E.D. Edwards and R. Oberprieler; Polly Ck., Garradunga, Nov. 2010, J. Hasenpusch; Townsville, Jan. - Dec. 1970, C. Breuer; <b>MV</b> (5 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 4 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 3: Innisfail, Nov. 2009, L.J. Cookson; Atherton, Dec. 1910; 5: north Queensland; <b>QM</b> (8 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 3 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 2: Bloomfield Riv., Nov. 1965, G. Monteith; 2: Iron Range, Cape York Pen., Nov. 1965, G. Monteith; 4 km SW of road junct., West Claudie Riv., Nov. 1986, G. Daniels and M.A. Schneider; Cairns, Dec. 1966, B. Cantrell; Iron Range, Cape York Pen., Dec. 1995, S.J. Johnson; Iron Range, Cape York Pen., Dec. 1996, S.J. Johnson; Iron Range, Cape York Pen., May 1968, G. Monteith; Mossman, Dec. 1966, B. Cantrell; Tron Range, Oct. 1991, J. Hasenpusch. <b> <i>Molecular data</i>.</b> BioSample ID: SAMN11080883. <b> <i>Remarks</i>.</b> <i>X. microcerus</i> was originally described from Java but is widely distributed in the Australo- Pacific region and the taxonomic statuses of many isular populations have always been problematic. While treating the region Lameere (1912, 1919) recognised 5 allopatric sub-species <i>X. microcerus</i>, and further three separate species as <i>X. heros</i> (Fiji), <i>X. ganglbaueri</i> (Fiji) and <i>X. costatus</i> (Papua New Guinea). Marazzi <i>et al</i>. (2006) and Titarenko and Zubov (2018) reinstated many subspecies and local populations as valid species, but these actions cannot be assessed without molecular data that is currently not available. However, examination of the types revealed no major morphological differences between <i>Macrotoma microcera</i> White, 1853 and <i>Xixuthrus nycticorax</i> Thomson, 1877, and following Lameere (1912, 1919) we recognise only single species, <i>Xixuthrus microcerus</i> in the Australian fauna. We generated a complete mitochondrial genome sequences for the Australian specimen, but without sequences from other taxa/populations to compare with, no further conclusion can be made here.
description: Published as part of <i>Jin, Mengjie, Keyzer, Roger De, Hutchinson, Paul, Pang, Hong &amp; Ślipiński, Adam, 2020, A Review Of The Australian Macrotomini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), pp. 33-96 in Annales Zoologici 70 (1)</i> on pages 75-76, DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.003, http://zenodo.org/record/3776678
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