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- ↑ David Evans Walter (ed.). "Laelapidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University . Retrieved August 31, 2010.
- ↑ Radovsky, Frank J.; Gettinger, Donald (June 1999). "Acanthochelinae, new subfamily (Acari: Parasitiformes: Laelapidae), with redescription of Acanthochela chilensis Ewing and descriptions of a new genus and species from Argentina". International Journal of Acarology . 25 (2): 77–90. doi:10.1080/01647959908683619.