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References
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- ↑ Wanzhi Cai; Lu Sun & Masaaki Tomokuni (2001). "A review of the species of the reduviid genus Tiarodes (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from China" (PDF). European Journal of Entomology . 98: 533–542. doi:10.14411/eje.2001.067. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2014.
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