# Spissistilus

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{{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](/source/genus) of [treehopper](/source/treehopper)s (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](/source/Spissistilus_festinus)'' is a major pest of a number of crops, particularly [alfalfa](/source/alfalfa) and [soybean](/source/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](/source/species%3AJohn_S._Caldwell) in 1949. The type species is ''Membracis festina'' which became ''[Spissistilus festinus](/source/Spissistilus_festinus)''. The genus is placed in the tribe Ceresini of the subfamily [Smiliinae](/source/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)
}}

==References==
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Category:Smiliinae
Category:Auchenorrhyncha genera

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