Biology:Indopurana

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Indopurana 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 after India, where they are found; to date, species have only been recorded from the South-West of the country.[2]

Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] 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. 2.0 2.1 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Indopurana Lee, 2024 (retrieved 28 June 2025)

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