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Metapurana
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.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Metapurana nebulilinea
speciesMetapurana nebulilinea

Metapurana pryeri
speciesMetapurana pryeri

Metapurana capricornis
speciesMetapurana capricornis

Metapurana parvituberculata
speciesMetapurana parvituberculata
Metapurana niasica
speciesMetapurana niasica
Metapurana phuruensis
speciesMetapurana phuruensis
Metapurana montana
speciesMetapurana montana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Metapurana in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1594858.