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Inventory of conservative Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera) of 15 hill prairies from the Peoria area

Wallner, Adam

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Title
Inventory of conservative Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera) of 15 hill prairies from the Peoria area
Author(s)
Wallner, Adam
Issue Date
2008-10-09
Keyword(s)
  • leafhoppers
  • Hopewell Prairie
  • Robinson Park Prairie
  • INHS Division of Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology
  • INHS Section for Biodiversity
  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources
  • Science in support of ecosystem management and conservation
  • Science in support of threatened and endangered species
  • Science in support of understanding biodiversity and organismal ecology and life histories
Abstract
Terrestrial arthropods, in particular Auchenorrhyncha (i.e., leafhoppers, planthoppers, cicadas, and spittlebugs) are some of the most speciose and abundant groups of organisms in grassland ecosystems. Conservative estimates suggest that the Illinois prairie may harbor as many as 300 conservative auchenorrhynchous species (DeLong 1948, Panzer et al. 1995, and Hamilton 2005). Hill prairies, which have remained relatively untouched by intensive agriculture and development (Robertson et al. 1997), may have a disproportional greater number of these species. Thus, the focus of this report is to list all the conservative auchenorrhynchous species encountered from the 15 hill prairies sampled of Peoria and Marshall Counties.
Publisher
Division of Biodiversity and Ecological Entomology Section for Biodiversity
Series/Report Name or Number
Technical Report INHS 2008 (46)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18104
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INHS Technical Report Prepared for Illinois Department of Natural Resources
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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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