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Biura

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Biura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Dundubiini
Subtribe: Aolina
Genus: Biura
Lee & Sanborn, 2015
Species:
B. bicolora
Binomial name
Biura bicolora
(Sanborn, 2009)
Synonyms[1]

Haphsa bicolora Sanborn, 2009

Biura is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Dundubiini (subtribe Aolina); it was erected by Young June Lee and Allen Sanborn in 2015;[2] Lee named the genus from a Korean word biura, meaning 'to empty': it is a Korean imperative "to clear the mind before starting an important project".[1]

Species

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The single species is Biura bicolora (Sanborn, 2009), which has been recorded from Vietnam only.[1] Sanborn had originally placed the holotype specimen (a male that had been collected near Pleiku in 1967) in the similar and closely related genus Haphsa.[3] The species name, meaning two colours, refers to the contrasting colours of the head, thorax and abdomen.

References

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  1. ^ a b c World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Biura Lee & Sanborn, 2015 (retrieved 18 June 2025)
  2. ^ Lee YJ, Sanborn AF (2015) Erection of a new genus Biura gen. nov., of the subtribe Aolina (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Dundubiini). Zootaxa, 4044(4), 596–598.
  3. ^ Sanborn AF (2009) Two new species of cicadas from Vietnam (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 12, 307–312.
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