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References
- ↑ Ekis, Ginter; Menier, Jean J. (1980). "Discovery of Chaetosomatidae in Madagascar. Systematics of the new genus Malgassochaetus[Col. Cleroidea]". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle série. 16 (2): 197–208.
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