Biology:Metapurana

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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

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Metapurana Lee, 2024 (retrieved 26 June 2025)

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