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• Halliday, R.B. 1986. Mites of the Macrocheles glaber group in Australia (Acarina : Macrochelidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 733-752
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• Harold, E. von 1877. Enumération des Lamellicornes Coprophages rapportés de l'Archipel Malais, de la Nouvelle Guinée et de l'Australie boréale par M.M.J. Doria, O. Beccari et L.M. D'Albertis. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 10: 38-110
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• Matthews, E.G. & Stebnicka, Z. 1986. A review of Demarziella Balthasar, with a transfer from Aphodiinae to Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 449-461
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