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Article: The Terrestrial Hemiptera and Auchenorrhynchous Homoptera of Point Clear Island and Surrounding Marshlands, Hancock County, Mississippi.
- Article from:
- Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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During the late 1980's, a survey of insect fauna of Point Clear Island and associated marshlands was conducted. The present paper considers the species of terrestrial Hemiptera and auchenorrhynchous Homoptera collected during that study. The Hemiptera were represented by 71 species in 14 families, with Pentatomidae (16 sp.), Lygaeidae (15 sp.), and Miridae (13 sp.) being the most diverse. Among the Homoptera, 10 families, including at least 103 species, were present in our samples. Cicadellidae (50 sp.) and Delphacidae (26 sp.) comprised the majority of the homopteran species identified. A list of species, annotated with numbers of specimens collected and ranges of ...