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General Catalogue of the Homoptera 
1850 R[icania] planipennis Schaum, Allgemeine Encyklopadie Ersch 
und Gruber 51: 73 [Listed] 1 
1851 Ricania planipennis Walker, List of Homopterous Insects 2: 
422 [Catalogued] 1 
1859 [ Ricania ] planipennis Dohrn, Catalogus Hemipterorum 1859: 67 
[Listed] 1 
1866 R[icania] planipennis Stal, Hemiptera Africana 4: 232 [De- 
scribed, catalogued] 1 :233 [Comparative note] 
' 1893 Ricania planipennis Brancsik, Jahresh. Nat. Ver. Trencsener 
15-16: 253 [Listed] 2 
1898 Privesa planipennis Melichar, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 13: 285 
[Described, catalogued] 1 Equals Ricania planipennis Spin. :282 
[Key] 1 
1923 Privesa planipennis Melichar, Gen. Insect. 182 : 143 [Catalogued] 1 
1929 Ricania planipennis Sherborn, Index Animalium 20: 5011 
[Catalogued] 
Localities: 1 Africa. 2 Nossi Be Island. 
pronotalis Distant 
1917 Privesa pronotalis Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 20: 187 
[n. sp.] 1 
Localities: 1 New South Wales. 
ptyeloides Walker. See Masilla ptyeloides Walker. Family FLATIDAE. Fascicle IV, 
Part 13. 
punctifrons Signoret 
1860 Ricania punctifrons Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (3) 8: 195 
[n. sp.] 1 
1866 R[icania] punctifrons Stal, Hemiptera Africana 4: 231 [De- 
scribed, catalogued] 1 ' 2 
1898 Privesa punctifrons Melichar, Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 13: 283; 
PL XIII, Fig. 6 [Described, catalogued, illustrated] 1 ' 2 - 3 Equals 
Ricania punctifrons Sign. :282 [Key, comparative note] 1 
1917 P[rivesa\ punctifrons Distant, Trans. Linn. Soc. London Zool. 17 : 
298 [Comparative note] 1 - 3 
1917 Privesa punctifrons Jacobi, Voeltzkotv’s Reise in Ostafrika 3: 
535 [Comparative note] 2 - 3 ' 4 
1923 Privesa punctifrons Melichar, Gen. Insect. 182: 143 [Cata- 
logued] 1 ' 2 Equals Ricania [punctifrons Sign.] 
Localities: 1 Madagascar. 2 Sainte Marie Island. 3 Comoro Islands. 4 Nossi Be 
Island. 
quinquecostata Signoret 
1860 Pochazia quinquecostatus Signoret, Ann. Soc. Ent. France (3) 
8: 190 [n. sp., comparative note] 1 
cm 1 
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