species
Metapurana pryeri (Distant, 1881)
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Leptopsaltria pryeri Distant, 1881b: 633. (valid in Lee, 2024: 578)
- Purana pryeri (Distant, 1881) in Distant, 1906j: 51.
- Leptopsaltria pryeri Distant, 1881 (subjective synonym of Dundubia nebulilinea Walker, 1868) in Moulton, 1923a: 123.
- Metapurana pryeri (Distant, 1881) in Lee, 2024: 578.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
in honor of William Burgess Pryer (1843-1899), the first British Resident in Sandakan of North Borneo and entomological collector in the region
Nomenclature references (4)
- Distant, W.L. (1881b) Descriptions of new species belonging to the homopterous family Cicadidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1881, 627–648.
- Distant, W.L. (1906j) A synonymic catalogue of Homoptera. Part 1. Cicadidae. Printed by order of the Trustees. London., 1906, 1–207.
- Lee, Y.J. (2024) Redescription of Purana Distant resulting in four new genera of Puranina (Cicadidae, Leptopsaltriini). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 17(3), 573–579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2024.01.012
- Moulton, J.C. (1923a) Cicadas of Malaysia. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, 11, 69–182.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |