The entomologists from Vietnam National Museum of Nature, and Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is described one new species of genus Megapomponia, subtribe Megapomponiina, tribe Dundubiini, subfamily Cicadinae, family Cicadidae, suborrder Auchenorrhyncha, order Hemiptera.
The genus Megapomponia Boulard, 2005 contains eight species distributed throughout the Oriental Region. Boulard (2008) produced a list of the cicadas from Asia, recording one Megapomponia species inhabiting Laos: Megapomponia intermedia (Distant, 1905).
The new species Megapomponia bourgoini resembles M. imperatoria, M. pendleburyi, M. intermedia, M. sitesi and M. atrotunicata in having a pronotal collar with distinct marks, but is distinguished by the basal membrane of the forewings without reddish orange coloration.
Measurements (in mm) - ♂: body length: 72.5; fore wing length: 83.5; head width: 20.2; length of head: 9.1; pronotum width: 24.5.
Distribution. Laos.
The specimens were found among undetermined material in the collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
The description of the new species is published in the North-Western Journal of Zoology 2020, vol.16 (1): 102-105
News: Pham Hong Thai, Vietnam National Museum of Nature, VAST
Figure 1. Megapomponia bourgoini, holotype ♂: A, dorsal view. B, ventral view. C, body, lateroventral view.
Figure 2. Megapomponia bourgoini, holotype ♂: A, male genitalia, ventral view. B, male genitalia, lateroventral view.