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- ↑ El Torkey, Ashraf M.; Al Dhafer, Hathal M. (2015). "First Record of a Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Arabian Peninsula". The Coleopterists Bulletin. pp. 824–827. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)" (PDF). (Zootaxa 1999) 113 pp. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
- ↑ "THE GENUS ANCYLOPUS IN ASIA AND EUROPE" (PDF). Pacific Insects 14 (4): 703-708 20 December 1972. Retrieved 2021-07-31.