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- ↑ Klompen, Hans; Austin, Christopher (2007). "A new species of Ophiomegistus Banks (Acari: Paramegistidae) from Papua New Guinea". Zootaxa. 1387: 47–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1387.1.4.