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GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE HOMOPTERA 
serpentarius Buckton 
[Otinotoides] serpentarius Funkhouser 1927f: 453 [Catalogued] 1 ’ -■ 3 
Equals Ophicentrus serpentarius Buckt. 
Centrotus serpentarius Pelaez 1935a: 43; Fig. 28 [Described, illustrated, 
catalogued] 3 :46 [Comparative notes] 
[Otinotoides] serpentarius Funkhouser 1951a: 245 [Catalogued] 1 ' 2 ' 3 
[Stal obelus serpentarius ] Capener 1954b: 180, 189 Equals [Platybelus] 
serpentarius Buckt. 
Localities: 1 Africa. 2 Tasmania. 3 Cameroons. 
sinuosus Distant 
[Platybelus] sinuosus Funkhouser 1927f: 469 [Catalogued] 1 ' 2 
[Platybelus] sinuosus Coding 1932a: 218 [Key] :219 [Catalogued] 2 
Platybelus sinuosus Funkhouser 1943f: 12 [Catalogued] 3 
[Platybelus] sinuosus Funkhouser 1951a: 199; PI. X, Fig. 164 [Illus- 
trated, catalogued] 2 :304 [Listed] 3 
[Stalobelus sinuosus] Capener 1954b: 180, 189 Equals [Platybelus] 
sinuosus Dist. 
Localities: 1 Africa. 2 Nyasaland. 3 Belgian Congo, 
tenuispinus Pelaez 
Centrotus lenuispina Pelaez 1935a: 51; Figs. 32A-B [n. sp. illustrated] 1 
[Centrotus] tenuispina Funkhouser 1951a: 197 [Catalogued] 1 
Platybelus tenuispina Capener 1952b: 103 [Catalogued] 2 :103, 114 
Equals [Centrotus] tenuispina Pel. 
[Stalobelus tenuispinus] Capener 1954b: 180, 189 Equals [Platybelus] 
tenuispina Pel. 
[Stalobelus] tenuispina Capener 1955a: 381 [Comparative notes] 
Localities: 1 Fernando Po. 2 Africa. 
Genus Distantobelus Capener J 
Orthotype [Distantobelus] sericeous Capener 1954b: 189 
Distantobelus Capener 1954b: 189 [gen. n.] 
brunneus Funkhouser 
Platybelus brunneus Funkhouser 1934a: 339; PI. XXI, Figs. 1-6 [n. 
sp., illustrated] 1 
P[latybelus] brunneus Pelaez 1936a: 197 [Comparative notes] 
Platybelus brunneus Capener 1951a: 152; Figs. 1-6 [Xotes, illustrated] 2 
:160 [Comparative notes] 
[Platybelus] brunneus Funkhouser 1951a: 199 [Catalogued] 1 ' 3 
Distantobelus brunneus Capener 1954b: 180, 190 Equals [Platybelus] 
brunneus Funkh. :190; PI. IV, Figs. 31-32 [Described, ecology', il- 
lustrated] 1 
