ClCADOIDEA—ClCADIDAE 
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[Subgen us Platypleura Amyot and Serville] 
Platypleura subgenus of Platypleura 
Type Cicada stridula Linne 
[Platypleura] Karsch 1890b: 92, 96, 99 [Key] 
(Platypleura) 
absimilis Distant 
C[icada] decora Germar 1834a: 79; PL 24 [n. sp., illustrated] 1 
C[icada] decora Burmeister 1835a: 180 [Listed] 
[Platypleura decora] Amyot and Serville 1834a: 466 [Catalogued] 
Equals Cicada decora Germ. 
[■Platypleura decora] Westwood 1845d: 33 Equals C[icada] decora Germ. 
Platypleura decora Walker 1850a: 4 [Described, catalogued] 2 Equals 
Cicada decora Germ. 
[Platypleura] decora Dohrn 1859a: 72 [Listed] 1 
Cicada decora Stal 1866a: 17 To P[latypleura] deusta Thunb. [error] 
Cicada decora Butler 1874a: 187 To Platypleura deusta Thunb. [error] 
Platypleura absimilis Distant 1897a: 128 [n. sp.] 1 
P[latypleura] decora Distant 1906j: 16 [Catalogued] 3 Equals Cicada 
decora Germ. Equals Platypleura deusta Stal (in part.) Equals Platy¬ 
pleura absimilis Dist. 
P[latypleura] decora Distant 1912g: 12 [Key, catalogued] 3 Equals 
Cicada decora Germ. Equals Platypleura deusta Stal (in part.) Equals 
Platypleura absimilis Dist. 
Localities: 1 Cape of Good Hope. 2 Cape of Good Hope (?). 3 South Africa, 
andamana Distant 
Platypleura andamana Distant 1878a: 174 [n. sp.] 1 
Platypleura andamana Atkinson 1884a: 214 (6) [Notes, comparative 
note, catalogued] 1 
Platypleura roepstorffii Atkinson 1884a: 214 (6) [n. sp.] 1 
Platypleura andamana Atkinson 1886b: 146 (6) [Described, cata¬ 
logued] 2 
Poecilopsaltria andamana Distant 1889a: 17; PI. I, Figs. 9, 9a-b [De¬ 
scribed, illustrated, catalogued] 1 Equals Platypleura andamana Dist. 
Equals Platypleura roepstorffii Atk. 
Poecilopsaltria andamana Distant 1892b: xi [Catalogued] 1 
Platypleura andamana Distant 1906i: 68 [Described, catalogued] 1 
Equals [Platypleura] (Poecilopsaltria) [andamana Dist.] 
P[latypleura] andamana Distant 1906j: 14 [Catalogued] 1 Equals Platy¬ 
pleura roepstorffii Atk. Equals Poecilopsaltria andamana Dist. 
