The objectives of the study were to produce a preliminary inventory of the fulgoroid species and to estimate the actual richness through a species accumulation curve and a series of sample-based richness estimators. Three investigators took sweep samples from 28 localities throughout the Park with all specimens of the target taxon retained. This preliminary inventory obtained 1,290 specimens, representing 8 families, 23 genera and 37 species. Species accumulation curves and nine estimators of species richness were explored, all of which predicted a species richness of approximately 50 species (range of estimates 44-58 species). This approximation probably underestimates the true species richness of planthoppers because of seasonal, spatial and methodological limitations of this initial estimate.
Principal Investigator
PI Name: Dr. Charles R. Bartlett
PI Organization: University of Delaware
Primary Taxonomist
Taxonomist Name: Dr. Charles R. Bartlett
Taxonomist Organization: University of Delaware
