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References
- ↑ Représentants de la fam. Cheiridiidae Chamberlin (Pseudoscorpionidea) de Cuba. M Dumitresco, T Orghidan, A. Nunez Jimenez, V. Decou, ST. Negrea & N. Vina Bayes (eds): Résultats des Expéditions Biospéologiques Cubano-Roumaines à Cuba 3, pages 77-87, 1981
- Kůrka A. (2007): České názvy živočichů VI. Pavoukovci (Arachnida). IV. Bičovci (Amblypygi), Štírenky (Palpigradi), Štírci (Pseudosciorpiones), Roztočovci (Ricinulei), Krátkochvosti (Schizomida), Solifugy (Solifugae), Bičnatci (Uropygi), Národní muzeum (zoologické oddělení PM), Praha, 128 pp
