The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition
December 15-18, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Friday, December 16, 2005 - 3:54 PM
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Planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) diversity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Charles R. Bartlett, 02542@udel.edu, Anthony Gonzon, atgonzon@udel.edu, and Jacob Bowman, jlbowman@UDel.Edu. University of Delaware, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, 250 Townsend Hall, 231 S College Ave, Newark, DE

Planthoppers from Malaise trap samples taken continuously over a 3 year period from 22 traps at 11 sites were investigated as a component of an ongoing all-taxon biotic inventory of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A cumulative species list for the Park from all sources of information was also compiled. The Malaise samples contained 2,195 specimens representing 55 species from 7 families. Elevational and seasonality patterns of planthoppers are presented. Species accumulation curves and 9 estimators of species richness predicted 57-81 species, which was higher than predicted our previous study (Bartlett & Bowman 2004), but less than the cumulative species total of 83 species when all sources of information are considered. Park species estimates between 77-103 were obtained by combining the Malaise trap sample data and Bartlett and Bowman’s (2004) sweep sample data, with 3 estimators remaining below the observed richness of 83 species for the Park. Implications of these findings are discussed.


Species 1: Hemiptera Delphacidae
Keywords: Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha

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