Indopurana

Indopurana
Indopurana morrisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Tribe: Leptopsaltriini
Subtribe: Puranina
Genus: Indopurana
Lee, 2024

Indopurana is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Leptopsaltriini (subtribe Puranina), erected by Young June Lee in 2024. This formed part of his review of the genus Purana and the prefix is named after India, where they are found; to date, species have only been recorded from the South-West of the country.

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes:

  1. Indopurana cheeveeda (Sadasivan, 2023)
  2. Indopurana morrisi (Distant, 1892) - type species (as Leptopsaltria morrisi Distant, 1892)

References

  1. ↑ 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 [578]. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2024.01.012.
  2. 1 2 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Indopurana Lee, 2024 (retrieved 28 June 2025)