PLANTHOPPERS OF PITCH PINE AND SCRUB OAK IN PINE-BARRENS COMMUNITIES (HOMOPTERA, FULGOROIDEA)

Planthoppers were collected in northeastern pitch pine-scrub oak barre ns, the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and in ridgetop pine barrens from Mai ne to Virginia. The host plants were pitch pine (Pinus rigida) and scr ub oak (Quercus ilicifolia) except for one species taken on sheep laur el (Kalmia angustifolia). Fourteen species of Fulgoroidea were collect ed: 7 species in 3 genera of Achilidae, 4 species in 3 genera of Cixii dae, 2 species in 2 genera of Derbidae, and 1 species of Issidae. Five planthoppers collected consistently from northeastern pine barrens ca n be considered characteristic of these insect-rich natural communitie s. The new species Myndus wheeleri Wilson from New Jersey is described and illustrated.