''Dziwneono'' (subfamily:
Typhlocybinae
Typhlocybinae is a subfamily of insects in the leafhopper family, Cicadellidae. This is currently the second largest leafhopper subfamily based on the number of described species, but researchers believe there are so many taxa yet undescribed th ...
) is a genus of
Australian
leafhoppers, with more than ten undescribed species. It's been described in 1972 by Polish entomologist
Irena Dworakowska.
The genus name is a biological nomenclature curiosity. "Dziwne ono" is
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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for "it is strange".
Distribution
Species of ''Dziwneono'' have been found in the
Northern Territory
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and
Western Australia
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states of Australia.
Species
* ''Dziwneono alfa''
Dworakowska, 1993
* ''Dziwneono etcetera''
Dworakowska, 1972
* ''Dziwneono olszewskii''
Dworakowska, 1972
* ''Dziwneono sagittata''
Dworakowska, 1993
* ''Dziwneono septembris''
Dworakowska, 1972
* ''Dziwneono weewaa''
Dworakowska, 1972
References
Further reading
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Cicadellidae genera
Fauna of Western Australia
Dikraneurini
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