Metapurana
| Metapurana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Tribe: | Leptopsaltriini |
| Subtribe: | Puranina |
| Genus: | Metapurana Lee, 2024 |
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Metapurana is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Leptopsaltriini (subtribe Puranina), erected by Young June Lee in 2024.[1] This formed part of his review of the genus Purana and the prefix is named from the Greek μετα-: meaning different. Species have been recorded from Indochina and Malesia.[2]
Species
[edit]The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] includes:
- Metapurana capricornis (Kos & Gogala, 2000)
- Metapurana montana (Kos & Gogala, 2000)
- Metapurana nebulilinea (Walker, 1868) - type species (as Dundubia nebulilinea Walker, 1868)
- Metapurana niasica (Kos & Gogala, 2000)
- Metapurana parvituberculata (Kos & Gogala, 2000)
- Metapurana pryeri (Distant, 1881)
References
[edit]- ^ Lee, Young June (2024). "Redescription of Purana Distant resulting in four new genera of Puranina (Cicadidae, Leptopsaltriini)". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 17 (3): 573–579 [577]. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2024.01.012.
- ^ a b World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Metapurana Lee, 2024 (retrieved 26 June 2025)