Planthoppers of Delaware (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea), excluding Delphacidae, with species Incidence from adjacent States

By

Bartlett, Charles R.
Adams, Erin
Gonzon, Anthony

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

83

Pages

1-42

Subjects

Acanaloniidae , Achilidae , Auchenorrhyncha , Caliscelidae , Cixiidae , Derbidae , Dictyopharidae , Flatidae , Fulgoromorpha , generic key , Issidae , species inventory

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.83.1176

 

Abstract

The number of species of planthoppers (excluding Delphacidae) known from Delaware is updated from 7 (in 4 families) to 62 species (in 9 families). Specimen abundance is tallied by county and seasonally by two week intervals. The Chao1 abundance estimator suggests that the true fauna may be 74 species, although species incidence tallied from adjacent states (MD, NJ, PA and DC) suggests that a total fauna of approximately 100 species may be possible. An artificial key is presented to genus and species with photos of most included taxa.