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- ↑ Moret, P.; Bousquet, Y. (1995). "Le sous-genre Dercylus (Licinodercylus) Kuntzen, 1912: position systématique, révision des espèces et description de la larve (Carabidae, Dercylini)". Canadian Entomologist. 127 (5): 753–798. doi:10.4039/Ent127753-5.
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