Purana tigrina

Purana tigrina[1][2][3] is a species of cicada in the genus Purana found in Southeast Asia. It was described from Malabar, South India. It is a common species in the Malayan Peninsula and on Bunguran Island in the South China Sea.[1][2][3]

Purana tigrina
Male (dorsal view)
Tentative P. tigrina sound recording
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P. tigrina
Binomial name
Purana tigrina
(Walker, 1850)
Synonyms

Dundubia tigrina Walker, 1850

The body length of a male is 22.5–29 mm and that of the female somewhat less at 18–23 mm. They have a greenish-ochraceous head and thorax, and brownish-ochraceous abdomen. The head and thorax are marked in black.[2][1][3]

References

  1. "Purana tigrina Walker, 1850". Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  2. Distant W. L. (1906). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume 3. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 91–92.
  3. Duffels, J.P.; M.A. Schouten; M. Lammertink (2007). "A revision of the cicadas of the Purana tigrina group (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) in Sundaland" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 150 (2). ISSN 2211-9434. Retrieved 2017-06-04.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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