Checklist of the treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park

This checklist of treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park documents a total of 53 species in 25 genera, based on examination of museum specimens and 3 collecting trips in association with the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). The park's treehopper fauna represents roughly half of the treehopper species reported from North Carolina. Twenty-four new county records are given for North Carolina species. Moreover, 28 species are new state records (= first published records) for Tennessee, increasing its known treehopper fauna to 51 species (all listed herein). Fifty-two species are apparently new records for GSMNP. Cades Cove, an expansive meadow region in the western portion of the park, is especially species rich with 35 species, many of which feed on oaks.