Irena Dworakowska

Irena Dworakowska
Born	1941
Nationality	Polish
Known for	Typhlocybinae taxonomy and names
Scientific career
Fields	Entomology

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

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.