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- ↑ "Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan (India) with description of Aphodius (Gilletianus) rajawatorum sp. nov" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei nationalis Pragae, 2013. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ "First report on Scarabaeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Sahaspur, Uttarakhand". Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 1999. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ↑ "Forest insects as food: humans bite back" (PDF). FAO 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
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