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References
- ↑ Maldonado Capriles J. (1990) - Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World - Caribbean Journal of Science, University of Puerto Rico
- ↑ Bugaj-Nawrocka et al. (2022) Psyttala horrida (Stål, 1865) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae)—A Morphological Study of Eggs and Nymphs. Insects, 13(11), 1014; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111014
- ↑ Biolib
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