Megapomponia is a genus of cicadas from Southeast Asia containing the world's largest cicada 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 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 The World Auchenorrhyncha DatabaseWorld Auchenorrhyncha Database: genus Megapomponia Boulard, 2005 (retrieved 17 July 2025) includes: Megapomponia adusta Megapomponia atrotunicata Megapomponia bourgoini Megapomponia castanea Megapomponia clamorigravis Megapomponia foksnodi Megapomponia imperatoria - type species (as Cicada imperatoria ) Megapomponia intermedia Megapomponia macilenta Megapomponia merula Megapomponia pendleburyi Megapomponia sitesi
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