genus
Purana Distant, 1905
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Purana Distant, 1905a: 60.
type species by original designation Dundubia tigrina Walker, 1850
- Paruna [sic] Distant, 1905 in Orian, 1963a: 327.
- Paruna [sic] Distant, 1905 (misspelling of Purana Distant, 1905) in Orian, 1963a: 327.
- Purana Distant, 1905 (classified as Puranina Lee, 2013) in Lee & Emery, 2013a: 527.
Type
type species by original designation of
Image matrix
No descendants observations found
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
after Purana or Puranas ("ancient, old"), a vast genre of Indian literature including myths, legends and other traditional lore
Nomenclature references (3)
- Distant, W.L. (1905a) Rhynochotal notes. -- XXIX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7), 15, 58–70.
- Lee, Y.J. & Emery, D.L. (2013a) New genera and species of Leptopsaltriini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from India and Tibet, with the descriptions of five new subtribes. Zoosystema, 35(4), 525–535.
- Orian, A.J.E. (1963a) A new genus of Cicadidae (Horroptera) from the Island of Rodriguez with notes on nomenclature of the family. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Ser. 13), 6, 321–328 + pls. XII-XIII.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| species | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |