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- ↑ Diagnosen der von Peters Mossambique gesammelten und von Hrn. Dr. Gerstaecker Bearbeiteten Käfer aus der Familie der Melasomen. Gerstaecker C.E.A., 1854, Monatsbericht der Königlich Preussischen Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, pages 530-534
