Punia minima is a cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is also known as the pale grass pygmy.[1] It is native 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]
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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 |
| Species: | P. minima
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| Binomial name | |
| Punia minima (Goding & Froggatt, 1904)
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Punia minima is a very small cicada with a wingspan of only 10–13 mm.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Grass Pygmy Punia minima (species complex)". 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- 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.
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