Roxasella camusi Merino, 1936

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) : -

Roxasella camusi Merino, 1936

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Roxasella camusi Merino 1936: 360 , fig.1; Zhang and Webb 1996: 20 (pl. 1, fig. 12).

Description (from Merino 1936): Length (including tegmen): male 7.0 mm, female 7.25 mm.

Vertex, with a narrow ochraceous band at extreme anterior margin, preceded by a fuscous band two and two-thirds times as long as distance between the eyes; ocelli at apex of vertex just above and close to eyes; eyes fuscous. Face ochraceous; base of frons rounded with fuscous band, a deep excavated part above cheek, between base of frons and eyes, where antennae are located, clypeus narrower at base. Pronotum brown, roughly and transversely striate at posterior two-thirds, scutellum triangular, slightly wider than long, anterior portion brown, posterior angle ochraceous. Tegmina semitransparent pale brown, long veins brown, crimson bands on commissural region, on claval suture region, and on costal and first apical cells; pectoral and abdominal regions ochraceous with a light brown tinge. Posterior legs regularly marked with brown.

Material examined: No material examined.

Distribution: Philippines.

Remarks: Tis species was described from the holotype and allotype from ‘Luzon, Laguna Province, Los Baños (holotype S. Gonzales; allotype, Baker collection, USNM’. Zhang and Webb (1996) examined and illustrated the female allotype but stated that the male holotype was lost. Its absence in the USNM collection is confirmed by James Zahniser (USNM) who provided the habitus image of the allotype given here. However, from the information provided with the original description, the holotype was presumably retained in the private collection of S. Gonzales, the whereabouts of which is unknown. Te species is similar to R. losbanosa in external appearance, but its identity will remain uncertain until the genitalia of a male can be studied.