Punia minima

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| genus = Punia

| species = minima

| authority = (Goding & Froggatt, 1904)

| synonyms = * Pauropsalta minima Goding & Froggatt, 1904

  • Melampsalta minima Burns, 1957
  • Cicadetta minima Moulds, 1990

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Punia minima is a cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is also known as the pale grass pygmy.{{Cite web|title=Grass Pygmy Punia minima (species complex)|url=https://dr-pop.net/minima-460.htm|access-date=2021-01-17|website=dr-pop.net}} 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.{{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|pmid=33056174|issn=1175-5334|doi-access=free}}

Punia minima is a very small cicada with a wingspan of only 10–13 mm.

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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.

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Category:Cicadettini

Category:Endemic fauna of Australia

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