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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Buffalo Treehoppers and allies (Ceresini) » Spissistilus » Spissistilus occidentalis

Species Spissistilus occidentalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Print References · Works Cited
type - Spissistilus occidentalis - female type - Spissistilus occidentalis - female type - Spissistilus occidentalis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Membracidae (Typical Treehoppers)
Subfamily Smiliinae
Tribe Ceresini (Buffalo Treehoppers and allies)
Genus Spissistilus
Species occidentalis (Spissistilus occidentalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ceresa occidentalis Funkhouser 1915: 100
Spissistilus occidentalis Caldwell 1949: 515
Range
USA: Southwestern States: [? AZ], CA. (1)
Print References
Caldwell, John S. (1949). "A Generic Revision of the Treehoppers of the Tribe Ceresini in America North of Mexico, Based on a Study of the Male Genitalia." Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 98 (3234):491–521, plates 18-23. (Full Text)
Funkhouser, W. D. (1915). "New Membracidae from the United States (Hemip., Homop.)." Entomological News 26(3):97-101 Plate III. (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.Richness of the Nearctic treehopper fauna (Hemiptera: Aetalionidae and Membracidae)
Deitz L.L., Wallace M.S. 2012. Zootaxa 3423: 1–26.
Contributed by Solomon V. Hendrix on 20 February, 2022 - 5:47pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 3 July, 2023 - 11:00pm

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