''Pycna'' is a genus of

cicada The cicadas () are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). They are in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, along with smaller jumping bugs such as leafhoppers and froghoppers. The superfamily is divided into two ...

s in the tribe

Platypleurini The Platypleurini are a tribe (biology), tribe of cicadas from the Afrotropical realm, Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. There are at least 240 described species in Platypleurini. The earliest member of the group is the fossil cicada ''Eopla ...

, from Madagascar.

Species

The ''World Auchenorrhyncha Database''World Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus ''Pycna'' Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
(retrieved 11 June 2025) includes: # '' Pycna ambrensis'' # '' Pycna angusta'' # '' Pycna gigas'' # '' Pycna itremensis'' # '' Pycna madagascariensis'' # '' Pycna roussettalna'' # '' Pycna rudis'' # '' Pycna strix'' - type species Note at least three Asian species, previously placed here, are now in genus '' Eopycna''; species from mainland Africa are now placed in '' Dyticopycna'' .Sanborn AF (2020) Redescription of the cicada genus Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Platypleurini) with the formation of two new genera, one new species, one revised species status and twenty-four new combinations. ''Zootaxa'', 4722(2), 157-174
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References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q16937125 Hemiptera of Africa Taxa named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville Taxa named by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot Cicadidae genera Platypleurini