Irena Dworakowska

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.

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