Punia (cicada)

Punia is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae endemic to Australia.[1] Members of the genus are called grass pygmies.[2] There are currently five described species in Punia. They are found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.[3] The genus was considered to be a monotypic genus only containing P. minima until the 2020 description of four congeners.

Punia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Punia
Moulds, 2012
Type species
Pauropsalta minima
Golding & Froggatt, 1904
Species

5, see text.

Species

Punia contains five species:

  • Punia hyas Moulds, 2020
  • Punia kolos Moulds, 2020
  • Punia limpida Moulds, 2020
  • Punia minima (Goding & Froggatt, 1904)
  • Punia queenslandica Moulds, 2020

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