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Megapomponia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Auchenorrhyncha

Superfamily
  
Cicadoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
True bugs

Class
  
Insecta

Infraorder
  
Cicadomorpha

Family
  
Cicadidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Empress cicada, Pomponia, True bugs, Tacua speciosa, Platylomia

Megapomponia is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia containing the world's largest cicadas species. It was erected by Boulard to accommodate the world's largest cicada species, Megapomponia imperatoria, the type species of Megapomponia. Boulard included seven species in Megapomponia. Lee and Sanborn, however, re-transferred two species to Pomponia, Pomponia decem and Pomponia rajah.

List of species

  • Megapomponia atrotunicata Lee and Sanborn, 2010
  • Megapomponia castanea Lee and Sanborn, 2010
  • Megapomponia clamorigravis Boulard, 2005
  • Megapomponia imperatoria (Westwood, 1842)
  • Megapomponia intermedia (Distant, 1905)
  • Megapomponia merula (Distant, 1905)
  • Megapomponia pendleburyi (Boulard, 2001)
  • Megapomponia sitesi Lee and Sanborn, 2010
  • References

    Megapomponia Wikipedia