Pomponia

Pham, Hong-Thai, Lee, Young June & Constant, Jerome, 2015, Cicada genus Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Vietnam and Cambodia, with a new species, a new record, and a key to the species, Zootaxa 3925 (4), pp. 562-572 : 564-565

Key to the species of the genus Pomponia from Vietnam and Cambodia

1. Fore wing basal vein of apical cell 1 about as long as longitudinal vein of apical cell 1; male operculum longer than broad, widely separated from each other............................................................... P. orientalis

- Fore wing basal vein of apical cell 1 extremely short; male operculum broader than long, nearly touching each other.............................................................................. 2 ( Pomponia linearis species group)

2. Basal lobes of pygofer minute, placed laterally............................................................. 3

- Basal lobes of pygofer large and paramedian................................ 5 ( Pomponia linearis species complex)

3. Two spines of clasper of male pygofer subequal in length...................................................... 4

- Lateral spine of clasper distinctly longer than medial spine.......................................... P. daklakensis

4. Male operculum more or less triangular with rounded apex; spines of clasper short, making inner arc wider than long................................................................................................... P. subtilita

- Male operculum semicircular; spines of clasper very long, making inner arc longer than wide................. P. piceata

5. Medial spine of clasper distinctly longer than lateral spine............................................. P. linearis

- Medial spine of clasper about as long as lateral spine........................................................ 6

6. Male abdomen cylindrical; infuscation on radial, radio-medial, and medial crossveins of fore wing rather indistinct, not roundly smudged........................................................................... P. b a c k a n e n s i s

- Male abdomen long funnel-shaped; infuscation on radial, radio-medial, and medial crossveins of fore wing roundly smudged......................................................................... P. brevialata Lee & Pham , sp. nov.