Phylogeny and tribal classification of Australian Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

We applied whole genome shotgun sequencing to museum specimens of longhorn
beetles and reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships of Australian
Prioninae using mitochondrial protein-coding genes. Based on the molecular
phylogeny and morphological characters, we suggest downgrading the
subfamily Parandrinae Blanchard to the tribe Parandrini in the Prioninae
Latreille and synonymise Erichsoniini Thomson with Parandrini Blanchard.
Australian Prioninae are classified in seven tribes: Catypnini Lacordaire
stat. rev., Mocrotomini Thomson, Osphryonini trib. nov., Parandrini
Blanchard, Rhipidocerini trib. nov., Sceleocanthini Lacordaire stat. rev.,
and Tereticini Lameere. Tribal compositions and generic relationships are
tested, and the subtribal divisions within the large tribe Macrotomini are
briefly discussed.