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Generic revision of the tribe Nanosellini (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Ptiliinae)
By W. Eugene Hall
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 125, No. 1/2: 39-126, 1999
W. Eugene Hall, Generic revision of the tribe Nanosellini (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Ptiliinae), Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 125(1/2): 39-126, 1999.

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A synopsis of the Limulodidae (Coleoptera) ...
By C. H. Seevers and H. S. Dybas
Annals of the Entomological Society of America: Volume 36, Number 3, pp. 546-586, 1943
C. H. Seevers and H. S. Dybas, A synopsis of the Limulodidae (Coleoptera): A new family proposed for Myrmecophiles of the subfamilies Limulodinae (Ptiliidae) and Cephaloplectinae (Staphylindidae), Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36(3): 546-586 (1943).

Limulodidae is now Cephaloplectinae

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Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera)
By A.F. Newton
Insecta Mundi 0595:1-52, 2017
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Aquatic Hydrophilidae and Hydraenidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera). II. Distribution, habitat, life cycle and identification...
By Hilsenhoff W.L.
Great Lakes Entomol. 28: 97‒126, 1995
Full title: Aquatic Hydrophilidae and Hydraenidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera). II. Distribution, habitat, life cycle and identification of species of Hydrobiini and Hydrophilini.
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New North American associations of Coleoptera with Myxomycetes
By Stephenson S.L., Wheeler Q.D., McHugh J.V., Fraissinet P.R.
J. Nat. Hist. 28: 921–936, 1994

New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes.
By Knull, J.N.
Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309., 1937
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Knull, J.N. 1937. New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes. Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309.

First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes.
By Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C.
Entomological News 107(1): 49-60., 1996
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Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C. (1996) First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes. Entomological News 107(1): 49-60.

Abstract: Five genera of aquatic beetles are reported from Texas, USA, for the first time. Species recorded include

Suphis inflatus (Noteridae),
Hoperius planatus (Dytiscidae),
Dibolocelus ovatus,
Hydrobiomorpha casta and
Sperchopsis tessellata (Hydrophilidae).

Habitat notes are reported for 4 of these.

Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea]
By Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE
Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1-215, 2017
Full title: Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea, Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, and Cleroidea

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