Species Punia limpida Moulds, 2020
- Punia limpida Moulds, M.S. 2020. 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 [108].
Type data:
Holotype WAM unregistered ♂ (7.ii.1977, M.S. & B.J. Moulds), Dunham River crossing, 100 km S of Wyndham, WA.
Paratype(s) WAM unregistered 4 ♂, same data as holotype; ANIC unregistered 2 ♂ (ii.1986, E.C.B. Langfield), Kimberley Research Stn, via Wyndham, WA; QM unregistered 4 ♂ (26.xii.1991, M.S. & B.J. Moulds), 110 km E of Kununurra, Victoria Hwy, NT
Comment: Numerous specimens from WA, NT and QLD in private collections, see Moulds (2020).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern and southern margins of the Kimberley, WA, through central NT to northern QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CICADOMORPHA | 06-Apr-2022 | ADDED |