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- ↑ Ekis, G. & Menier, J.J. 1980. Discovery of Chaetosomatidae in Madagascar. Systematics of the new genus Malgassochaetus (Col. Cleroidea). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (N.S.) 16(2): 197–208
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