| Miphora | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphrophoridae |
| Genus: | Miphora Matsumura, 1940 |
Miphora is a non-valid genus of true bugs belonging to the family Aphrophoridae.
It is a subjective synonym of Aphrophora Germar, 1821, in Liang, 1998: 241. [1]
Several species were previously included, [2] which now belong in other genera:
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Karenkonia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae first described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1932. Its single species, Karenkonia taiwana, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Taiwan.
Ourapteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by William Elford Leach in 1814.
Tanna is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia and East Asia. In 2010 Lee and Hill placed Tanna in the subtribe Leptopsaltriina, which is now in the tribe Leptopsaltriini together with a number of related genera that also possess abdominal tubercles, including Leptopsaltria, Maua, Nabalua, Purana, and others.
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