{{Short description|Genus of treehoppers}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Spissistilus festinus.jpg | image_caption = ''Spissistilus festinus'' on soybean (''Glycine max'') | taxon = Spissistilus | authority = Caldwell, 1949 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}
'''''Spissistilus''''' is a genus of treehoppers (family Membracidae). They are native to North and Central America and the West Indies.<ref name=WAD>{{Citation |title=genus ''Spissistilus'' Caldwell, 1949 |website=World Auchenorrhyncha Database |url=https://hoppers.speciesfile.org/otus/53900 |access-date=2025-12-11 }}</ref> The species ''Spissistilus festinus'' is a major pest of a number of crops, particularly alfalfa and soybean.<ref name=Beye17>{{citation |last1=Beyer |first1=B. A. |last2=Srinivasan |first2=R. |last3=Roberts |first3=P. M. |last4=Abney |first4=M. R. |year=2017 |title=Biology and management of the Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae) in alfalfa, soybean, and peanut |journal=Journal of Integrated Pest Management |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=Article 10 |doi=10.1093/jipm/pmx003|doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Taxonomy== The genus ''Spissistilus'' was erected by John S. Caldwell in 1949. The type species is ''Membracis festina'' which became ''Spissistilus festinus''. The genus is placed in the tribe Ceresini of the subfamily Smiliinae.<ref name=WAD/><ref name=Cald49>{{Citation |last1=Caldwell |first1=John S. |date=1949 |title=A generic revision of the treehoppers of the tribe Ceresini in America north of Mexico, based on a study of the male genitalia |journal=Proceedings of the United States National Museum |volume=98 |issue=3234 |pages=491–521 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15695355 |access-date=2025-12-11 }}, [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15695377 p. 513ff.]</ref>
===Species=== {{As of|2025|December}}, the World Auchenorrhyncha Database accepted the following species:<ref name=WAD/> {{Linked species list |Spissistilus cornutus|(Fowler, 1895) |Spissistilus discolor|(Fairmaire, 1846) |Spissistilus femoratus|(Fairmaire, 1846) |Spissistilus festinus|(Say, 1830) |Spissistilus nigricans|(Van Duzee, 1914) |Spissistilus puncticeps|(Stål, 1864) |Spissistilus rotundatus|(Stål, 1870) |Spissistilus uniformis|(Fairmaire, 1846) }}
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Category:Smiliinae Category:Auchenorrhyncha genera
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