Scydmaenidae
Ant-like stone beetles
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Newton, A. F. & H. Franz. 1998. World catalog of the genera of Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera). Koleopterologische Rundschau 68: 137-165.
O'Keefe, S. T. 2001. Scydmaenidae. pp. 259-267 in Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). American Beetles. Volume 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xvi + 443 pp.
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