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- ↑ Ulitzka, Manfred (2019). "A new species of Chiridurothrips Okajima from Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)". Zootaxa. 4686 (1): zootaxa.4686.1.9. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4686.1.9. PMID 31719505.
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