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References
- ↑ Aldrich, J.M. (1905). A catalogue of North American Diptera (or two-winged flies). Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- ↑ Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera" (pdf Adobe/Acobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 246: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.246.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334 . Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ↑ Thompson, F. C.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Sedman, Y. S. (1976). "A Catalogue of the Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae". São Paulo, Brasil: Museu de Zoologia. Retrieved 2 February 2011.