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- ↑ Eickwort, George C. (1966). "A New Genus and Species of Mite Associated with the Green Bee Augochlorella (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Kansas (Acarina: Laelaptidae: Hypoaspidinae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 39 (3): 410–429. JSTOR 25083537.