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- ↑ Jennifer J. Beard & Ronald Ochoa (2011). "New flat mite genera (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) associated with Australian sedges (Cyperaceae)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa . 2941: 1–37.
