Punia minima

Punia minima is a cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is also known as the pale grass pygmy.[1] It is endemic to Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia. In 2012, P. minima was placed in a monotypic genus, Punia; however, in 2020, four new species were described in the genus.[2]

P. minima is a very small cicada with a wingspan of only 10-13 mm.[1]

Punia minima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Cicadidae
Genus:	Punia
Species:	P. minima
Binomial name
Punia minima (Goding & Froggatt, 1904)
Synonyms
Pauropsalta minima Goding & Froggatt, 1904 Melampsalta minima Burns, 1957 Cicadetta minima Moulds, 1990

References

1. "Grass Pygmy Punia minima (species complex)". dr-pop.net. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
2. 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.

Further reading

• Owen, Christopher L., et al. "How the aridification of Australia structured the biogeography and influenced the diversification of a large lineage of Australian cicadas." Systematic Biology 66.4 (2017): 569-589.