| Punia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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5, see text. | |
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.
Species[edit]
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
References[edit]
- ^ Owen, Christopher L.; Marshall, David C.; Hill, Kathy B. R.; Simon, Chris (2017-01-25). "How the Aridification of Australia Structured the Biogeography and Influenced the Diversification of a Large Lineage of Australian Cicadas". Systematic Biology. 66 (4): 569–589. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw078. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 28123112.
- ^ "Genus Punia (Grass Pygmy)". dr-pop.net. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^ Moulds, M. S. (2020-10-09). "A revision of the Australian cicada genus Punia Moulds, 2012 (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) with the description of four new species". Zootaxa. 4860 (1): 101–115. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4860.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33056174.
Further reading[edit]
- Moulds, M.S. (2005). "An Appraisal of the Higher Classification of Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) with Special Reference to the Australian Fauna". Records of the Australian Museum. 57 (3): 375–446. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1447. ISSN 0067-1975.