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)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. About four species previously placed in Pomponia, containing the largest cicada species found on earth, have recently been moved to Megapomponia.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 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);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 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 c g 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
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