Empress cicada
| Empress cicada | |
|---|---|
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| Pictured in Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, in 2010. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadinae |
| Tribe: | Dundubiini |
| Genus: | Megapomponia |
| Species: | M. imperatoria |
| Binomial name | |
| Megapomponia imperatoria (Westwood, 1842) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Pomponia imperatoria | |
The empress cicada (Megapomponia imperatoria) is a species of cicada from Southeast Asia. It is the largest species of cicada with a head-body length of about 7 cm (2.8 in) and a wingspan of 18–20 cm (7–8 in).[1][2]
References
- ^ Burton, Maurice; Burton, Robert (2002). International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Vol. 4, Chickaree–crabs (3rd ed.). Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Corporation. p. 455. ISBN 0-7614-7270-3.
- ^ Flindt, R. (2006). Amazing Numbers in Biology, p. 10. ISBN 978-3540301462