Megapomponia imperatoria

Megapomponia imperatoria
	Megapomponia imperatoria, male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Cicadomorpha
Superfamily:	Cicadoidea
Family:	Cicadidae
Subfamily:	Cicadinae
Tribe:	Dundubiini
Subtribe:	Dundubiina
Genus:	Megapomponia
Species:	M. imperatoria
Binomial name
	Megapomponia imperatoria; (Westwood, 1842)

Megapomponia imperatoria, the empress cicada is a species of cicada from Peninsular Malaysia. 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

External links

Song of Megapomponia imperatoria

[1] 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.

[2] Flindt, R. (2006). Amazing Numbers in Biology, p. 10. ISBN 978-3540301462

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