TY  - JOUR
A1  - Barringer, Lawrence E.
A1  - Bartlett, Charles R.
A1  - Erwin, Terry L.
T1  - Canopy assemblages and species richness of planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) in the Ecuadorian Amazon
T2  - Insecta mundi
N2  - Planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) diversity inhabiting Neotropical terre firme forests is poorly known but may comprise one twentieth of the known World planthopper diversity. This study estimates planthopper diversity of the terre firme forest canopy using multiple measures. Samples were collected by canopy fogging at two localities in the Ecuadorian Amazon terra firme forest (Orellana province) Tiputini Biodiversity Station and Reserva Etnica Waorani. Fogging was conducted during three seasons (wet, transitional, and dry) between 1994 and 2006. The total planthopper collection encompasses 17,951 specimens in 15 families, and from these specimens 638 morphospecies were recognized. EstimateS diversity software was used to determine seven alpha diversity estimators that predicted an average alpha diversity of 793 morphospecies. Beta diversity estimators supported limited overlap between localities in the study and predicted that diversity of the sampling sites composes roughly 1/3 of the known planthopper diversity for all Central and South America.
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 726 
KW  - Auchenorrhyncha
KW  - Fulgoromorpha
KW  - planthoppers
KW  - canopy arthropods
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/64214
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-642146
UR  - https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/116710
SN  - 1942-1354
SN  - 0749-6737
VL  - 2019
IS  - article 726
SP  - 1
EP  - 16
PB  - Flora & Fauna Publ.
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -