Irena Dworakowska

Irena Dworakowska (born 1941) is a Polish entomologist who specialized in hemipterology.[1]

Irena Dworakowska
Born1941
NationalityPolish
Known forTyphlocybinae taxonomy and names
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology

Career

She was active at the Uniwersytet Warszawski, Museum and Institute of Zoology of Polish Academy of Sciences and University of British Columbia in Vancouver.[1][2][3]

Dworakowska provided major contributions into systematics and taxonomy of global fauna of Typhlocybinae subfamily of leafhoppers.[1] Publishing since the late 60s she described many genera and species new to the science.[4][5] In her earlier works she revised difficult genera of the Western Palaearctic such as Eupteryx, Eurhadina and Kybos. Later publications are focused on Oriental and Ethiopian regions.[1]

Dworakowska has authored a large number of genera[6][7][8][9][10] and is known for unusual names she coined, such as Yakuza, Dziwneono (pl: it is strange), Kropka (pl: a dot), Koperta (pl: envelope) or Niedoida (pl: niedojda - duffer).[3]

As a name authority she is cited as Dworakowska.

Legacy

Two genera have been named in tribute to her: Dworakowskaia[11] and Irenaneura.[12]

References
  1. Ingrid Kammerlander, Herbert Nickel (2003). The Auchenorrhyncha of Central Europe = Die Zikaden Mitteleuropas. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-12895-6. OCLC 52557622.
  2. 1991 Annual Report. Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. 1992.
  3. "Naukowa wyobraźnia: Bardzo dziwne "ono"" (in Polish). www.focus.pl. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  4. Dietrich, CH; Dmitriev, DA (2005). Polyphyletic Origin of the New World Erythroneurini (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). I: Abstracts of talks and posters, 12th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress, 6th International Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Significance. University of California, Berkeley.
  5. Huang, M; Zhang, Y. A new leafhopper genus Comahadina Huang and Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) and a key to genera of Eupteryx-complex. Zootaxa 2353: 65–68 (2010).
  6. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. "Tribe Erythroneurini Young, 1952". 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  7. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. "Tribe Typhlocybini Kirschbaum, 1868". 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  8. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. "Tribe Dikraneurini McAtee, 1926". 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  9. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. "Tribe Empoascini Distant, 1908". 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  10. Dmitry A. Dmitriev. "Tribe Alebrini McAtee, 1926". 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  11. I. Chou, Y. Zhang (1985). "On the tribe Zyginellini from China (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)". Entomotaxonomia. 7 (4): 287–300.
  12. Yanghui Cao, Min Huang, Ya-Lin Zhang (2012). "Irenaneura, a new leafhopper genus from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), with description of four new species". Zootaxa. 3333: 58–65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3333.1.5.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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