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Genus Spissistilus

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Hemiptera - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha - True Hoppers
Infraorder Cicadomorpha
Superfamily Membracoidea - Leafhoppers and Treehoppers
Family Membracidae - Typical Treehoppers
Subfamily Smiliinae
Tribe Ceresini
Genus Spissistilus

Species festinus - Three-cornered Alfalfa Hopper
Species nigricans - Spissistilus nigricans


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