Polana (Nihilana) pravida DeLong & Foster, 1982

Domahovski, Alexandre Cruz, 2025, Five new species of Polana (Polana) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini) from Brazil and Costa Rica, and new combinations in the genus, Zootaxa 5584 (2), pp. 179-204 : 196-197

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC1F4572-DF3C-4266-A72A-53BF8037EB7E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14830810
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038987E6-FFA2-4305-75BB-E3D83594FEF2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Polana (Nihilana) pravida DeLong & Foster, 1982
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Polana (Nihilana) pravida DeLong & Foster, 1982 View in CoL comb. nov.

Polana (Polana) pravida DeLong & Foster, 1982: 324 View in CoL .

Remarks. The median processes of the aedeagal shaft were originally described as follows: “A long slender process arises each side near middle of shaft and extends to the apex”. Therefore P. pravida lacks processes at the base of the aedeagus. Following the key to subgenera provided by DeLong & Freytag (1972), this species cannot be placed in the subgenus Polana .

DeLong & Wolda (1982) described five species of Polana , placing them in the subgenera Nihilana , Polana , and Polanana . However, the three species placed in the subgenus Polana , P. tinae , P. divesita , and P. julna lack processes on the pygofer and base of aedeagus, as shown in the descriptions and illustrations provided. Therefore, the three species are transferred to the subgenus Polanana :

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Cicadellidae
Tribe	Gyponini
Genus	Polana