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References
- ↑ Shockley, F. W.; Tomaszewska, K. W.; Mchugh, J. V. (2009-02-04). "An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)". Zootaxa. pp. 1–113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1999.1.1 . Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Phylogeny and Generic Classification of the Subfamily Lycoperdininae with a re-analysis of the family Endomychidae" (PDF). Annals Zoologci, 2005. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ↑ "Endocoelus orbicularis Gorham, 1886". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ "On new Genera and Species By the Rev. H. S. GORHAM, of Endoiny chid. F.Z.S., F.E.S." (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1886. Retrieved 2021-07-31.