Pycna is a genus of cicadas in the tribe Platypleurini, from Madagascar.
Species The World Auchenorrhyncha DatabaseWorld 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. DOI
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