The empress cicada (''Megapomponia imperatoria'') is a species 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 ...

from

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

. It is the largest species of cicada with a head-body length of about and a wingspan of .Flindt, R. (2006). ''Amazing Numbers in Biology'', p. 10.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q5374665 Invertebrates of Malaysia Taxa named by John O. Westwood Insects described in 1842 Dundubiini Cicadas of Indochina