Miphora

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]

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.