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- ↑ Petrunkevitch, A. (1922). "Tertiary spiders and opilionids of North America". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 25 (3): 211–279.
- ↑ Mello-Leitão, C.F. (1937). "Distribution et Phylogénie des Faucheurs Sud-Américains. Comptes Rendus du XIIe Congrès Internacional de Zoologie (Lisboa, 15–21 Sept. 1935)". Arquivos do Museu Bocage. 6: 1217–1228.
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