Empress cicada
| Empress cicada | |
|---|---|
| Pictured in Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, in 2010. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Megapomponia |
| Species: | M. imperatoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Megapomponia imperatoria (Westwood, 1842)
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| Synonyms | |
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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).