Purana is a genus of cicada

Cicada

A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha , in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified...

s from Southeast Asia

Asia

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. Its distribution includes Java

Java

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, Sumatra

Sumatra

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, Borneo

Borneo

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, The Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand

Thailand

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, India

India

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, Indochina

Indochina

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, China

China

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, and Japan

Japan

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. Only one species has been recorded east of the Wallace Line

Wallace Line

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, Purana celebensis, from Sulawesi

Sulawesi

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. In all species the male possess two pairs of dark ventral abdominal tubercles on third and fourth sternites. The male opercula are rather short and generally do not reach beyond the posterior pair of tubercles. Related genera that also possess abdominal tubercles are Leptopsaltria, Maua

Maua (genus)

Maua is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia.-List of species:*Maua affinis Distant, 1905*Maua albigutta *Maua albistigma *Maua borneensis Duffels, 2009*Maua latilinea...

, Nabalua

Nabalua

Nabalua is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia.-List of species:*Nabalua borneensis Duffels, 2004*Nabalua maculata Duffels, 2004*Nabalua mascula *Nabalua neglecta Moulton, 1923*Nabalua sumatrana Duffels, 2004...

and Tanna which together with Purana form the subtribe Leptopsaltriaria of the tribe Dundubiini.

List of species

• Purana abdominalis Lee, 2009
• Purana atroclunes Boulard, 2002a
• Purana barbosae (Distant, 1889)
• Purana campanula Pringle, 1955
• Purana capricornis Kos and Gogala, 2000
• Purana carolettae Esaki, 1936
• Purana celebensis Breddin, 1902
• Purana chueatae Boulard, 2006
• Purana conspicua Distant, 1910
• Purana davidi Distant, 1905
• Purana dimidia Chou and Lei, 1997
• Purana doiluangensis Boulard, 2005b
• Purana gemella Boulard, 2006
• Purana gigas (Kato, 1930)
• Purana guttularis (Walker, 1858)
• Purana hermes Schouten and Duffels, 2002
• Purana infuscata Schouten and Duffels, 2002
• Purana iwasakii Matsumura, 1913
• Purana jacobsoni Distant, 1913
• Purana jdmoorei Boulard, 2005b
• Purana johanae Boulard, 2005b
• Purana karimunjawa Duffels,Schouten and Lammertink, 2007
• Purana khaosokensis Boulard, 2007
• Purana khuanae Boulard, 2002a
• Purana khuniensis Boulard, 2005k
• Purana kpaworensis Boulard, 2006
• Purana latifascia Duffels,Schouten and Lammertink, 2007
• Purana metallica Duffels,Schouten and Lammertink, 2007
• Purana mickhuanae Boulard, 2009
• Purana montana Kos and Gogala, 2000
• Purana morrisi (Distant, 1892)
• Purana mulu Duffels,Schouten and Lammertink, 2007
• Purana nana Lee, 2009
• Purana natae Boulard, 2006
• Purana nebulilinea
  Purana nebulilinea
  Purana nebulilinea is a cicada species distributed in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and nearby smaller islands. Its song consists of a long sequence of high pitched sounds with characteristic frequency modulation pattern and can be repeated many times without interruption-External links:***...
  
  (Walker, 1868)
• Purana niasica Kos and Gogala, 2000
• Purana notalissima Jacobi, 1944
• Purana obducta Schouten and Duffels, 2002
• Purana parvituberculata Kos and Gogala, 2000
• Purana pigmentata Distant, 1905
• Purana pryeri
  Purana pryeri
  Purana pryeri is a cicada species that occurs in Borneo where it is found in lowland areas -External links:*...
  
  (Distant, 1881)
• Purana ptorti Boulard, 2007
• Purana sagittata Schouten and Duffels, 2002
• Purana tanae Boulard, 2006
• Purana tavoyana Ollenbach, 1928
• Purana tigrina (Walker, 1850)
• Purana tigrinaformis Boulard, 2007
• Purana tigroides (Walker, 1858)
• Purana ubina Moulton, 1923
• Purana usnani Duffels,Schouten and Lammertink, 2007
• Purana vesperalba Boulard, 2009
• Purana vindevogheli Boulard, 2008