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References
- ↑ Callirhipidae Archived October 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at insects.tamu.edu.
- ↑ Jiří Hájek (2011) World catalogue of the family Callirhipidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia), with nomenclatural notes. Zootaxa 2914: 1–66.
- ↑ Löbl, I.; Löbl, D. (2016). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, vol. 3: Scarabaeoidea – Scirtoidea – Dascilloidea – Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. London: Brill. p. 624. ISBN 978-90-04-30913-5.
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