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References
- ↑ Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012.
- ↑ Tyson, W. H. (1973). "The Spalacopsis of the West Indies and America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 27 (3): 117–137. ISSN 0010-065X.