Philipurana
| Philipurana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Tribe: | Leptopsaltriini |
| Subtribe: | Puranina |
| Genus: | Philipurana Lee, 2024 |
| External image | |
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Philipurana 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 the Philippines; to date, species have only been recorded from there.[2]
Species
[edit]The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[2] includes:
- Philipurana abdominalis (Lee, 2009) - type species (previously Purana abdominalis Lee, 2009)
- Philipurana crassinotata (Lee, 2015)
- Philipurana nana (Lee, 2009)
References
[edit]- ↑ 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 [576]. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2024.01.012.
- 1 2 World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Philipurana Lee, 2024 (retrieved 26 June 2025)