RHINELEPINI, Armbruster, 2004

Armbruster, Jonathan W., 2004, Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141 (1), pp. 1-80 : 51

RHINELEPINI

The Rhinelepini represents a group of three genera: Pogonopoma , Pseudorinelepis , and Rhinelepis . It is one of the best-diagnosed groups in the Loricariidae and is supported by such unique characteristics as a lateral shelf on the upper pharyngeal tooth plate and a large, U-shaped diverticulum of the oesophagus ( Armbruster, 1998c). Its position as sister to the remainder of the Hypostominae ( Fig. 37 ) is identical in this study to Schaefer (1986). For further detail, see Armbruster (1998b) and Quevedo & Reis (2002).

Figures

Figure 37. Relationships of the hypostomine tribes and taxa within the Corymbophanini, the Rhinelepini, the Hypostomini, and the Pterygoplichthini based on the ordered analysis. This is part of the strict consensus of 5098 most parsimonious trees of trees of 1328 steps, CI = 0.203, remainder of the strict consensus tree is in Figs 36 and 38. Numbers above the branches are clade numbers, numbers below are decay indices. 1Aphanotorulus, Cochliodon, and Isorineloricaria are placed in Hypostomus. 2The Hemiancistrus annectens group represents an undescribed genus, Hypostomus panamensis is now placed in Hemiancistrus. 3Glyptoperichthys and Liposarcus are placed in Pterygoplichthys.