Philipona philippina ( Merino, 1936 ) Lu & Dietrich & Webb & Zhang, 2025

Lu, Lin, Dietrich, Christopher H., Webb, M. D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2025, Revision of the Oriental Roxasella leafopper group: phylogeny, morphological evolution, biogeography, and description of 14 new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204 (3) : -

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf040
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3ADE596-81B2-4E0E-AFB7-791182117BE5
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B448EA62-FFD4-B24A-FE7B-FCC13F1C4E8D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Philipona philippina ( Merino, 1936 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Philipona philippina ( Merino, 1936) View in CoL com. nov.

( Fig. 23A–O) (URN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:ACT: 83A1272A-A793-45FD-A23C-3887499E66AF)

Omanella philippina Merino 1936: 362 View in CoL , fig. 3a–d.

Roxasella philippina Zhang and Webb 1996: 20 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs 10, 246–249.

Distribution: Philippines.

Material examined: 1♂, Philippines, Bukidnon, Brgy Impalutao , CEDAR (Center for Ecological Development and Recreation), (8°25.09'N, 125°034'E), 780 m, 7 July 2010, coll. J. Jones ( INHS); holotype GoogleMaps , Philippines ( NMNH) .

Remarks: Tis species was described from a holotype (‘type’) and paratypes with the following data: ‘Mindanao, Zamboanga (type, Baker collection, U.S. N.M.’. Te holotype (male) and allotype in USNM were examined and figured by Zhang and Webb (1996).

Nakula Distant, 1918 View in CoL

Nakula Distant 1918: 39 View in CoL . Type species: Nakula multicolor View in CoL by original designation.

Distribution: China (Guangxi, Yunnan); Myanmar, Tailand.

Remarks: Tis monotypic genus can be distinguished from all other Roxasella group genera externally by its distinctive orange and dark brown markings, vertex short and in the male genitalia by the caudal spine on the pygofer and shape of the subgenital plate with a few short spine-like setae ( Fig. 24E).