Polana (Polana) robusta DeLong, 1980

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

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.14830804
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038987E6-FFA2-4306-75BB-E6B8335BFAE2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Polana (Polana) robusta DeLong, 1980
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Polana (Polana) robusta DeLong, 1980 View in CoL comb. nov.

Polana (Nihilana) robusta DeLong, 1980: 126 View in CoL .

Remarks. Is clear in the illustration of the Polana robusta aedeagus that it has processes at the base, as also mentioned in the original description: “A pair of processes arise at base and curve ventrally, then apically and dorsally, extending three-fourths length of shaft” ( DeLong 1980: 127, figs 11, 12); the pygofer has a basodorsal apically hooked process ( DeLong 1980: 127, fig. 15). These features support including this species in the subgenus Polana .

DeLong & Wolda (1978) described two species from Panama, placing both in the subgenus Polanana . However, one of them, Polana chena , has long processes on the dorsal apodeme of the aedeagus, which disagrees with the diagnosis of Polanana . Therefore, the following new combination is proposed:

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