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| Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens. IV. (Anm.: Fortsetzung) Ferdinand Kowarz (1884) Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 3: 45-57 | |
| Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus 36e partie XLV Dolichopodi J M F Bigot (1890) Annales De La Société Entomologique De France 10: 261-296 | |
| A new genus and species of Dolichopodidae W M Wheeler (1896) Ent. News 7: 185-189 | |
| A Contribution to the Study of American Dolichopodidæ J M Aldrich (1904) Transactions of The American Entomological Society 30: 269-286 | |
| The dipterous genus Scellus, with one new species (1907) Entomological News Philadelphia 18: 133-136 | |
| The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera D W Coquillett (1910) Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37: 499-647 | |
| A decennial confession (1910) Canadian Entomologist 42: 99-101 | |
| Synopsis of the North American flies of the genus Scellus Charles T Greene (1924) Proceedings of The United States National Museum 65: 1-18 | |
| Scellus virago Aldrich (A two-winged fly) and two forms closely related to it Millard C Van Duzee (1925) Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14: 175-183 | |
| A study of the terminal abdominal structures of male Diptera (two-winged flies) F R Cole (1927) Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 16: 397-499 | |
| Tropical American Diptera or two-winged flies of the family Dolichopodidae from Central and South America M C Van Duzee (1929) Proceedings of The United States National Museum 74: 1-64 | |
| Classification of Insects. A key to the known families of insects and other terrestrial arthropods. [1st Edition] C T Brues and A L Melander (1932) Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 73: 1-672 | |
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