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- ↑ "Species Profile for Death Valley june beetle (Polyphylla erratica)". FWS. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ↑ "California Natural Diversity Database: SPECIAL ANIMALS (898 taxa)" (PDF). CDFG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2011.