Pomponia (cicada)

''Pomponia'' is a genus of Asian cicadas now placed in the monogeneric tribe Pomponiini (subfamily Cicadinae).World Auchenorrhyncha Database: tribe Pomponiini Kato, 1932
(retrieved 12 June 2025) About four species previously placed in ''Pomponia'', containing the largest cicada species found on earth, have recently been moved to '' Megapomponia''. However, the remaining species still form a very heterogeneous group and Duffels and Hayashi (2006) suggested that several species should probably be transferred to genera such as ''Terpnosia'' (''e.g. P. similis''); subsequent revisions include moves to ''Aetanna'' (''e.g. P. thalia'').

Species

The ''World Auchenorrhyncha Database'' includes:

# '' Pomponia brevialata'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia brevicaudata'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia bullata'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia bulu'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia cinctimanus'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia cyanea''
# '' Pomponia daklakensis'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia decem''
# '' Pomponia dolosa'' type species (as ''Cicada fusca'' by subsequent designation)
# '' Pomponia folei'' ^c
# '' Pomponia fugax'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia fusca'' ^g
# '' Pomponia gemella'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia gigantea''
# ''Pomponia graecina''
# ''Pomponia hieroglyphica''
# '' Pomponia kiushiuensis''
# '' Pomponia lactea''
# '' Pomponia langkawiensis''
# '' Pomponia linearis'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia mickwanae'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia minilinearis'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia nasanensis'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia noualhieri'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia orientalis'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia parafusca''
# '' Pomponia piceata''
# '' Pomponia picta''
# '' Pomponia polei''
# '' Pomponia ponderosa'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia pornnapaae'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia promiscua''
# '' Pomponia quadrispinae'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia rajah''
# '' Pomponia ramifera'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia secreta'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia solitaria''
# '' Pomponia subtilita'' (synonym ''P. backanensis''
# '' Pomponia surya''
# '' Pomponia tricornisa''
# '' Pomponia urania'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia yayeyamana'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia zakrii'' ^{c g}
# '' Pomponia zebra'' ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Note: ''Pomponia siamensis'' is a ''nomen nudum''.

See also

* Pomponia

References

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Hemiptera of Asia
Taxa named by Carl Stål
Cicadinae
Cicadidae genera
Cicadas of Indochina