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- ↑ Society of Southwestern Entomologists: Historic Documents, http://sswe.tamu.edu/historic_documents.htm, accessed 14 Sep 2011.
- ↑ Society of Southwestern Entomologists: July 2009, http://sswe.tamu.edu/index.htm, accessed 14 Sep 2011.
