''Megapomponia'' is a genus of cicadas from Southeast

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

containing the world's largest cicadas species.Boulard, M. (2005). Création du genre ''Megapomponia'' et description de ''Mp. clamorigravis'' n. sp. (Rhynchota, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). ''EPHE, Trav. Lab. Biol. Evol. Insectes Hemip.'' 15:93-110Lee, J.L., and Sanborn, A.F. (2010). Three new species of the genus ''Megapomponia'' (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Indochina, with a key to the species of ''Megapomponia''. ''Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology'' 13(1):31–39 It now belongs to the subtribe Megapomponiina and was erected by Michel Boulard to accommodate the world's largest cicada species, ''

Megapomponia imperatoria The empress cicada (''Megapomponia imperatoria'') is a species of cicada from Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographic ...

'', 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''.

Species

* ''Megapomponia atrotunicata'' (Young June Lee and Allen F. Sanborn, 2010) * ''Megapomponia castanea'' (Young June Lee and Allen F. Sanborn, 2010) * ''Megapomponia clamorigravis'' (Michel Boulard, 2005) * ''

'' ( Westwood, 1842) * ''Megapomponia intermedia'' ( Distant, 1905) * ''Megapomponia merula'' ( Distant, 1905) * ''Megapomponia pendleburyi'' (Michel Boulard, 2001) * ''Megapomponia sitesi'' (Young June Lee and Allen F. Sanborn, 2010)

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q16985282 Hemiptera of Asia Dundubiini Cicadidae genera