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- ↑ "Catalogue of Life, Diaspididae Targioni Tozzetti 1868" . Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ↑ García Morales, M.; Denno, B. D.; Miller, D. R.; Miller, G. L.; et al. "ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics". doi: 10.1093/database/bav118 . Retrieved 2024-10-19.