Biura

Biura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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

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; 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".

Species

The single species is Biura bicolora (Sanborn, 2009), which has been recorded from Vietnam only. 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. The species name, meaning two colours, refers to the contrasting colours of the head, thorax and abdomen.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.