Pomponia (cicada) explained

Pomponia is a genus of cicadas from Asia.^[1] A group of species previously placed in Pomponia, containing the largest cicada species found on earth, have recently been moved to Megapomponia.^{[2] [3]} However, the remaining species still form a very heterogeneous group and Duffels and Hayashi (2006) mentioned that several species should probably be transferred to genera like Terpnosia and Leptosemia.^[4]

Species

These 48 species belong to the genus Pomponia:

• Pomponia adusta (Walker, 1850)
• Pomponia backanensis Thai and Yang, 2009

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• Pomponia brevialata Lee & Pham, 2015

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• Pomponia brevicaudata Lee, 2013

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• Pomponia bullata Schmidt, E., 1924

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• Pomponia bulu Zaidi & Azman, 2000

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• Pomponia cinctimanus (Walker, 1850)

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• Pomponia cyanea Fraser, 1948
• Pomponia daklakensis Sanborn, 2009

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• Pomponia decem (Walker, 1857)
• Pomponia dolosa Boulard, 2001

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• Pomponia folei Fraser, 1948

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• Pomponia fugax Boulard, 2013

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• Pomponia fusca Olivier, 1790

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• Pomponia gemella Boulard, 2005

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• Pomponia gigantea Distant, 1897
• Pomponia graecina Distant, 1889
• Pomponia hieroglyphica Kato, 1938
• Pomponia kiushiuensis Kato, 1925
• Pomponia lactea (Distant, 1887)
• Pomponia langkawiensis Zaidi & Azman, 1999

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• Pomponia linearis (Walker, 1850, zh)

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• Pomponia mickwanae Boulard, 2009

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• Pomponia minilinearis Boulard, 2013

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• Pomponia nasanensis Boulard, 2005

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• Pomponia noualhieri Boulard, 2005

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• Pomponia orientalis (Distant, 1912)

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• Pomponia parafusca Kato, 1944
• Pomponia piceata Distant, 1905
• Pomponia picta (Walker, 1870)
• Pomponia polei Henry, 1931
• Pomponia ponderosa Lee, 2009

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• Pomponia pornnapaae Boulard, 2013

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• Pomponia promiscua Distant, 1887
• Pomponia quadrispinae Boulard, 2002

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• Pomponia rajah Moulton, 1923
• Pomponia ramifera (Walker, 1850)

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• Pomponia secreta Hayashi, 1978

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• Pomponia siamensis China, 1925

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• Pomponia similis Schmidt, 1924
• Pomponia solitaria Distant, 1888
• Pomponia subtilita Lee, 2009

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• Pomponia surya Distant, 1904
• Pomponia thalia (Walker, 1850)
• Pomponia urania (Walker, 1850)

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• Pomponia yayeyamana Kato, 1933

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• Pomponia zakrii Zaidi & Azman, 1998

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• Pomponia zebra Bliven, 1964

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

See also

• Pomponia

Notes and References

1. Metcalf, Z.P. 1963. General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VIII. Cicadoidea. Part 1. Cicadidae. Section II. Gaeaninae and Cicadinae. i-vii, 587–585. – North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina.
2. Boulard, M. 2005. Création du genre Megapomponia et description de Mp. clamorigravis n. sp. (Rhynchota, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae). EPHE, Trav. Lab. Biol. Evol. Insectes Hemip. 15:93-110
3. Lee, 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
4. Duffels, J.P., Hayashi, M. 2006. On the identity of the cicada species Pomponia picta (Walker) (=P. fusca (Olivier)) and P. linearis (Walker) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 149: 189-201 pdf
5. A contribution to the Cicadidae fauna of Vietnam Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha, with one new species and twenty new records . . Thai . Pham Hong . Yang . Jeng-Tze . 2249 . 1–19 . October 7, 2009 . May 1, 2016.