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Megapomponia

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Megapomponia
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Megapomponia is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia containing the world's largest cicada species.[1][2] It now belongs to the subtribe Megapomponiina and was erected by Michel Boulard to accommodate the world's largest cicada species, Megapomponia imperatoria, the type species of Megapomponia.[1] Boulard included seven species in Megapomponia. Lee and Sanborn, however, re-transferred two species to Pomponia, Pomponia decem and Pomponia rajah.[2]

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Species

The World Auchenorrhyncha Database[3] includes:

  1. Megapomponia adusta (Walker, 1850)
  2. Megapomponia atrotunicata Lee & Sanborn, 2010
  3. Megapomponia bourgoini Pham & Constant, 2020
  4. Megapomponia castanea Lee & Sanborn, 2010
  5. Megapomponia clamorigravis Boulard, 2005
  6. Megapomponia foksnodi Boulard, 2010
  7. Megapomponia imperatoria (Westwood, 1842) - type species (as Cicada imperatoria Westwood)
  8. Megapomponia intermedia (Distant, 1905)
  9. Megapomponia macilenta Lee, 2012
  10. Megapomponia merula (Distant, 1905)
  11. Megapomponia pendleburyi (Boulard, 2001)
  12. Megapomponia sitesi Sanborn & Lee, 2010
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