Cnemoplites edulis Newman 1842
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
Cnemoplites
Cnemoplites edulis

description: <i>Cnemoplites edulis</i> Newman, 1842 (Figs. 7 A–D, 14F, 15I, 16E) <i>Cnemoplites edulis</i> Newman, 1842: 351. TL: Queanbeyan, NSW. Neotype in ANIC (designated here). <b> <i>Diagnosis</i>.</b> <i>C. edulis</i> can be separated from other <i>Cnemoplites</i> species by the elytral apicosutural angle rounded, the hypomeron relatively narrow, about half the width of prosternal process and the tarsomere 3 with very broad lobe, about twice the width of tarsomere 2. <b> <i>Description</i>.</b> Length 25–50 mm. <b>Male.</b> Antennae extending beyond the middle of elytra, antennal scape and antennomere 3 much thicker than the following segments; pro- and mesotibia strongly spinose on lateral margins, metatibia only with few spines; abdominal ventrites 1–4 with extensive setal patches. <b>Female.</b> Only antennal scape slightly thicker than the following segments; pro- and mesotibia with few spines, metatibia glabrous along external margin; sexual setae on abdominal ventrites absent. <b> <i>Types</i>.</b> Newman (1842) described this species from a series of specimens purchased from Mr. Edmund Higgins from Port Phillip. Since no specimen from the original series has been found in the BMNH, the neotype of <i>C. edulis</i> is designated here to stabilise taxonomic status of this species. Neotype male deposited in ANIC, with the following labels “Queanbeyan, NSW, 30 Jan. 1992, A.M.E. Roach, at light | ANIC 25-066984 ”. The mitochondrial genome was generated for this type, NCBI Access ID as MK614556, and BioSample ID as SAMN11080884. <i>Material examined</i> (Fig. 16E). <b>Victoria: ANIC</b> (19 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 12 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 5: Red Hill, Jan. 1974, D.R. Holmes; 3: Mizpah Rd., Jan. 1977, C. Elton; 2: Hazelwood, Feb. 1949, J.H. Courtenay; Gould, Tyers River, Feb. 1960, G.T. Coulson; Hazelwood, Feb. 1948, J.H. Courtenay; Hazelwood, Feb. 1950, J.H. Courtenay; Malvern, Ferr; Maryvale, Feb. 1969, G. May; Moe, Feb. 1948, C.G.L. Gooding; Moe, Feb. 1949, C.G.L. Gooding; Mt. Beauty, Dec. 1960, C.E. Wilkinson; Mt. Cannibal, Feb. 1987, W.N.B. Quick; Newboraugh, Jan. 1956, G.T. Coulson; Orrvale, Mar. 1969, H. Carins; Red Hill, Mar. 1958, B.P. Moore; Warragul, Feb. 1959, L. Thar; Warragul, Feb. 1961, C.G.L. Gooding; Warragul, Feb. 1963, P.J; Warragul, Feb. 1963, R.P.W; Warragul, Feb. 1963, R.R.W.; Warragul, Feb. 1965, C.G.L. Gooding; Warragul, Feb. 1969, F. Zinner; Warragul, Jan. 1968, Woods and Reeves; Warragul, Jan. 1972, J.G. Brooks; <b>MV</b> (10 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 14 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 2: Mitcham, Jan. 1946; 2: North Melbourne; 2: [no data]; Cranbourne, Dec. 1947, E. Smith; Croydon; J.E. Dixon; Macedon, Jan. 1903; Meredith, Feb. 1959; Montmorency, Feb. 1969, L.J. Cookson; Montmorency, Mar. 1969, L.J. Cookson; Mordialloc, Jan. 1895; Mordialloc; nr. Melb, Feb. 1937; nr. Melb, Jan. 1923; Porepunkah, Jan. 1960; The basin, Feb. 1958; Tyabb, Jan. 1919; Warrandyte, Feb. 1996, L.J. Cookson; Warrandyte, Feb. 1998, L.J. Cookson; Warrandyte, Feb. 2002, L.J. Cookson; Woori Yallock, Dec. 1939; <b>QM</b> (4 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 4 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 2: Ferntree Gully; 2: Maffra, Jan. 1966, B. Cantrell; Ferntree Gully, Mar. 1932, A.H. Westley; river x-ing, 10 miles N of Valencia Ck via Maffra, Jan. 1966, T. Weir; Winchelsea; Yallourn; <b>RDK</b> C (1 <b>&amp;male;</b>): Airey’s Inlet, Jan. 1998, P.J. Krake. <b>Australian Capital Territory: ANIC</b> (19 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 3 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 14: Black Mt., {from 1965 to 1974}, {E. Britton; B.P. Moore; K.R. Pullen; I.F.B. Common; E. Nielsen; M. Neave and M. Yee}; Acton, Feb. 1949, W. Price; Canberra, Dec. 1988, J. Cotterill; Canberra, Jan. 1958, W.J.M. Vestjens; Lyneham, Feb. 1974, B.P. Moore; Mt Majura, Feb. 1998, A. Polak; No.9 glasshouse, CSIRO, Black Mt., Feb. 1969, J.A. Bull; Orroral Vally, Feb. 1969, M. Carins; Red Hill, Feb. 1974, H. Rozdarz; <b>OAI (1&amp;male;):</b> Canberra, Mar. 1992, A.E. Westcott. <b>New South Wales: AM</b> (4 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 1 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 2: Barren grounds, Jan. 1966; 7.4km W of Tomerong, Jan. 1979, G. Daniels; Bald Rock Nat. Park, Jan. 1978, G. Daniels; Hanging Rock, Jan. 1966, C.N. Smithers; <b>ANIC</b> (22 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 31 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 10: Bawley Point, {from 1995 to 1999}, D.C.F. Rentz and K. McCarron; 3: Cumberland NF, {from 1988 to 1990}, {E.E. Taylor; R.H. Eldridge}; 2: “Warragun” nr Braidwood, Jan. 1984, M. Whitten; 2: Armidale, Feb. 1961, A. Glover; 2: Burra Burra Pnt., Dec. 1972, Coulson; 2: Burrewarra Pt., Jan. 1978, M.J. Coulson; 2: Durras Nth, Nov. 1964, I. Cameron; 2: Fairfield, Dec. 1923, M. Fuller; 2: Ogilvie Trall, Barryabba SF, N of Grafton, Dec. 1997, Watkins; 3.3km SSWest on North Belmore Rd., Busby’s Flat, Dec. 2000, Watkins; Armidale, Jan. 1964, J. Frazier; Barrewarra Pt., Jan. 1978, M.J. Coulson; Beecroft, Jan. 1966, M.R. Allen; Broulee, Jan. 1969, W.J.M. Vestjens; Cambridge Plateau, Jan. 1996, J. Bugeja; Carlingford NE Parramatta, Dec. 1973, J. Walk- er; Chiswick Expt Stn, Dec. 1965, R.J. Roberts; Congo, Dec. 1981, Upton, M.S.; Fortis Creek SF, N Graton, Dec. 1996, S. Watkins; Hornsby Heights, Feb. 1972, J. King; Lilyvale, Dec. 1971, D.A. Doolan; Lisarow, Jan. 1958, K.M. Moore; London Foundation, Kioloa, Jan. 1981, J. Conran; Mt. Wilson, Jun. 1967, R.A. Faragher; Powerful Owl Resv., Girand SF, West of Drake, Dec. 1998, Watkins; <b>MV</b> (1 <b>&amp;male;</b>; 2 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): Dorrigo; Sydney; Sydney, Dec. 1902; <b>OAI</b> (10 <b>&amp;male;&amp;male;</b>; 9 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 6: Barren Ground Nature Reserve, Jan. 1966, C.E. Chadwick; 2: Kosciusko, Waste Point, Jan. 1966, C.E. Chadwick; Arding, 10- 15km S/ SW Armidale, Jan. 1987, C.R. Haywood; Armidale, Dec. 1980, C.R. Haywood; Borenore, Feb. 1998, P. Thornberry; Cabramatta, near Sydney, Jan. 1958, M.I. Nikitin; Meryla, Jan. 1950, J.E. Wells; Normanhurst, near Sydney, Oct. 1958, F. Bagshaw; Orange Agricultural Institute grounds, Orange, Dec. 1998, P. Slattery; Orange Agricultural Institute grounds, Orange, Feb. 1992, L. Penrose; Orange, Mar. 1982, W.G. Thwaite; Patonga, near Woy Woy, Mar. 1966, N. Douglas; Swallowfield, [14.5km E by N of] Armidale, Dec. 1980, C.R. Haywood; <b>QM (3&amp;male;&amp;male;):</b> Glencoe, Jan. 1990, M. Goombs; Rivertree, E. Sutton; Woodford, Jan. 1909, G.A. Waterhouse. <b>Queensland: ANIC</b> (1 <b>&amp;male;</b>; 2 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): 3: Binna Burra, Lamington Nat. Pk., {from 1972 to 1973}, R.J. Kohout; <b>QM</b> (1 <b>&amp;male;</b>; 1 <b>&amp;female;</b>): 2: Brisbane; <b>QVMAG</b> (2 <b>&amp;female;&amp;female;</b>): The Gap, Brisbane, {from 1994 to 1995}; S. Fearn. <b> <i>Molecular data</i>.</b> BioSample ID: SAMN11080884 (Neotype), SAMN12650094. <b> <i>Remarks</i>.</b> This species is very common in southern part of Australia (VIC, ACT, NSW), usually found under the bark of <i>Eucalyptus</i> and attracted to MV light. During the sample examinations and molecular data analyses, we found out that some specimens collected in Queensland (i.e. <i>Cnemoplites</i> sp 6 in Jin <i>et al</i>. 2020) are morphologically similar but can be separated from <i>C. edulis</i> by sp6 with smaller lobe on tarsomere 3 and less spinose tibiae. Molecular data also supported sp6 being distant to <i>C. edulis</i>, but more specimens and molecular data are needed to resolve the status of the Queensland populations.
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 53-54, DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.003, http://zenodo.org/record/3776678
description: {"references": ["Newman, E. 1842. List of Longicorns collected at Port Philip, South Australia, by Edmund Higgins, Esq. The Entomologist, London, 22: 351 - 354, 1 fig.", "Jin, M., Zwick, A., Slipinski, A., de Keyzer, R. and H. Pang. 2020. Museomics reveals extensive cryptic diversity of Australian prionine longhorn beetles with implications for their classification and conservation. Systematic Entomology; https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / syen. 12424."]}