Polana ( Hobemanella ) chena DeLong & Wolda, 1978

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

Polana ( Hobemanella) chena DeLong & Wolda, 1978 comb. nov.

Polana ( Polanana) chena DeLong & Wolda, 1978: 229 .

Remarks. The subgenus Hobemanella is recognized mainly by the following features: (1) head as in the subgenus Polana (slightly narrower than pronotum); (2) pygofer with or without dorsal processes; when present, variable in structure; (3) aedeagus strongly curved near base, with pair of processes arising from the dorsal apodeme.According to the original description and illustrations ( DeLong & Wolda 1978: 229, figs 6–10), Polana chena has the three characteristics listed above and therefore is here transferred to the subgenus Hobemanella .

DeLong & Foster (1982) described six species of Polana in the subgenera Polana , Polanana and Nihilana . Polana pravida , one of the species placed in the subgenus Polana is similar to P. villara , with processes near the mid-length of the aedeagal shaft, but without processes near base. Therefore, the following combination is proposed: