Auranticopona laetisigna ( Walker, 1857 ), 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-FFE8-B276-FDAD-F94B39754EFE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Auranticopona laetisigna ( Walker, 1857 )
status	comb. nov.

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Auranticopona laetisigna ( Walker, 1857) View in CoL comb. nov.

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Bythoscopus laetisigna Walker 1857: 174 View in CoL . Roxasella laetisigna, Zhang and Webb 1996: 20 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs 9, 250– 255.

Material examined. Lectotype ♂ (designated by Zhang and Webb 1996: 20), Malaysia: Sarawak, NHMUK 013589075 ( NHM); 1♂, Malaysia: Sarawak, Semongoh Forest Reserve, 01º25'N, 110º17'E, 15–19.xi.1976, P. Cranston ( NHM); 1♂, Malaysia, Sabah, Sandakan, ( USNM); 1♂, Malaysia: Sabah; Danum Valley (05º01 ′ N, 117º47 ′ E), 30 September 1987, 200 m, light trap sample, understory forest, lowland mixed dipterocarp forest; Grid No. 52, coll. A.H. Kirk-Spriggs ( NMW). GoogleMaps

Distribution: Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak).

Remarks: Tis species was described from an unspecified number of male and female specimens (syntypic) from Borneo, collected by Wallace. Te lectotype bears a circular label with ‘SAR’ (hand-writen) and a rectangular label with ‘Sarawak’ (printed) and another with ‘68 4’ (printed). Te later number refers to an entry in the NHM register for 1868 4 stating that the collection lot originated from various localities donated by ‘Saunders’. Labels with this registration number are frequently found on Wallace collected specimens from Borneo in the NHM.