Punia (cicada)

{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}

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| taxon = Punia

| authority = Moulds, 2012

| type_species = Pauropsalta minima

| type_species_authority = Golding & Froggatt, 1904

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 5, see text.

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Punia is a genus of cicadas in the family Cicadidae endemic to Australia.{{Cite journal|last1=Owen|first1=Christopher L.|last2=Marshall|first2=David C.|last3=Hill|first3=Kathy B. R.|last4=Simon|first4=Chris|date=2017-01-25|title=How the Aridification of Australia Structured the Biogeography and Influenced the Diversification of a Large Lineage of Australian Cicadas|journal=Systematic Biology|volume=66 |issue=4 |pages=569–589|doi=10.1093/sysbio/syw078|pmid=28123112 |issn=1063-5157|doi-access=free}} Members of the genus are called grass pygmies.{{Cite web|title=Genus Punia (Grass Pygmy)|url=https://dr-pop.net/punia.htm|access-date=2021-01-17|website=dr-pop.net}} There are currently five described species in Punia. They are found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.{{Cite journal|last=Moulds|first=M. S.|date=2020-10-09|title=A revision of the Australian cicada genus Punia Moulds, 2012 (Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) with the description of four new species|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4860.1.5|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4860|issue=1|pages=101–115|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4860.1.5|issn=1175-5334|doi-access=free|pmid=33056174 }} The genus was considered to be a monotypic genus only containing P. minima until the 2020 description of four congeners.