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- Lloyd, James E. (1968). "A New Photinus Firefly, with Notes on Mating Behavior and a Possible Case of Character Displacement (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 22, no. 1, 1–10.
- McDermott, F. A. / Steel, W. O., ed. (1966). "Lampyridae". Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9, 149.
