Metapurana

Metapurana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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. 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.

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database includes:

  1. Metapurana capricornis (Kos & Gogala, 2000)
  2. Metapurana montana (Kos & Gogala, 2000)
  3. Metapurana nebulilinea (Walker, 1868) - type species (as Dundubia nebulilinea Walker, 1868)
  4. Metapurana niasica (Kos & Gogala, 2000)
  5. Metapurana parvituberculata (Kos & Gogala, 2000)
  6. Metapurana pryeri (Distant, 1881)

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 [577]. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2024.01.012.
  2. 1 2 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Metapurana Lee, 2024 (retrieved 26 June 2025)