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