Biura
Monotypic genus of cicadas
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Biura is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Dundubiini (subtribe Aolina); it was erected by Young June Lee and Allen Sanborn in 2015;[2] Lee named the genus from a Korean word biura, meaning 'to empty': it is a Korean imperative "to clear the mind before starting an important project".[1]
| Biura | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Dundubiini |
| Subtribe: | Aolina |
| Genus: | Biura Lee & Sanborn, 2015 |
| Species: | B. bicolora |
| Binomial name | |
| Biura bicolora (Sanborn, 2009) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Haphsa bicolora Sanborn, 2009 | |
Species
The single species is Biura bicolora (Sanborn, 2009), which has been recorded from Vietnam only.[1] Sanborn had originally placed the holotype specimen (a male that had been collected near Pleiku in 1967) in the similar and closely related genus Haphsa.[3] The species name, meaning two colours, refers to the contrasting colours of the head, thorax and abdomen.