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- ↑ "Leptomorphus nebulosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ Kerr P (2014). "The Megophthalmidia (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) of North America including eight new species". ZooKeys 386: 29-83.
