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- ↑ Nearns, Eugenio H.; Turnbow, Jr., Robert H. (2005). "First record of Plectromerus exis Zayas in the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". Insecta Mundi. 19 (3): 158.
- ↑ Nearns, Eugenio H.; Branham, Marc A. (2008). "Plectromerus exis Zaya". Revision and phylogeny of the tribes Curiini LeConte and Plectromerini Nearns & Branham, new tribe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 47. Chelsea, MI: Sheridan Brooks. pp. 32–33. Figs. 14 a–c, 21 f.
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