Miphora

Miphora
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Aphrophoridae
Genus:
Matsumura, 1940

Miphora is an invalid genus of true bugs in the family Aphrophoridae.

It is considered a subjective synonym of the genus Aphrophora Germar, 1821, according to Liang, 1998: 241. [1]

Species

Several species were previously included,[2] which now belong in other genera:

  • Miphora arisanella Matsumura, 1940 -> Aphrophora (Aphrophora) arisanella (Matsumura, 1940)
  • Miphora shirakii Matsumura, 1942 -> Aphrophora (Aphrophora) arisanella (Matsumura, 1940) as subjective synonym.
  • Miphora taiwana (Kato, 1933) -> Aphrophora (Aphrophora) taiwana Kato, 1933

References

  1. ^ "Aphrophora". Dmitriev, D.A. et al. (2022 onward) World Auchenorrhyncha Database. TaxonPages. Retrieved 17 Jul 2023.
  2. ^ "Miphora Matsumura, 1940". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 21 May 2021.