Bibliography for Scitalini

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• Blackburn, T. 1892. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7(I): 65-151
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• Britton, E.B. 1987. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 685-799
• Broun, T. 1886. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Wellington : G. Didsbury, Gov. Printer Part 4 pp. 817-974.
• Burmeister, H.C.C. 1855. Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Phyllophaga Chaenochela. Berlin : Reimer Vol. 4 (2) x 570 pp.
• Carne, B.P. & Chinnick, L.J. 1957. The pruinose scarab (Sericesthis pruinosa Dalman) and its control in turf. Australian Journal of Agricultural Science 8: 604-616
• Cumpston, D. 1941. A summary of certain aspects of the scarab problem, and a contribution to a bibliography of the family Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66: 33-40
• Dalla Torre, K.W. von 1912. Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae I, II, III. pp. 1-290 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Scarabaeidae II. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XX Pts 45, 47, 49.
• Dalman, J.W. 1823. Analecta Entomologica. Holmiae : Typis Lindhianis Vol. 4 vii 104 [4] pp. 4 pls.
• Davidson, R.L. 1982. An ecological view of pasture pests on the northern tablelands of NSW. pp. 67-74 in Lee, K.E. (ed.). Proceedings of the Third Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, Adelaide 30 Nov.–4 Dec. 1981. Adelaide : S.A. Government Printer.
• Davidson, R.L., Wensler, R.J. & Wolfe, V.J. 1970. Damage to ryegrass plants of different size by various densities of the pruinose scarab (Sericesthis geminata (Coleoptera)). Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 10: 165-171
• Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5
• Harold, E. von 1869. Abänderungen vergebener Namen. Coleopterologische Hefte 5: 122-125
• Lea, A.M. 1917. Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper creeks, September and October, 1916. (n) Insecta. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 489-630, pls 33-37 [includes descriptions of some species not from the expedition]
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• Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205
• McCarthy, T. 1928. The Wheat Root Grub. (Anodontonyx tetricus). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 39: 306-313
• McKeown, K.C. 1948. A reference list of types of Coleoptera in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 22(1): 95-139
• McQuillan, P.B. 1985. The identification of root-feeding cockchafer larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) found in pastures in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 509-546
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• Ridsdill Smith, T.J. 1975. Selection of living grass roots in the soil by larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 18: 75-86
• Ridsdill Smith, T.J., Porter, M.R. & Furnival, A.G. 1975. Effects of temperature and developmental stage on feeding by larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 18: 244-254
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• Roberts, R.J. 1984. Pest control by grazing management. pp. 30-41 in Boyd, M.E.J. (ed.). Grassland Conference of Victoria, 25th Annual Conference 1984, Grazing Management. Parkville : Grassland Society of Victoria.
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• Wensler, R.J. 1974. Crepuscular activity of adult Sericesthis geminata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): influence of circadian rythmicity and light intensity. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 1: 197-204
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