Tham khảo Platypsyllus castoris

  1. 1 2 3 4 Peck, S. B. (March–June 2006). “Distribution and biology of the ectoparasitic beaver beetle Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema in North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Platypsyllinae)”. Insecta Mundi. 20 (1–2): 85. ISSN 0749-6737. Truy cập ngày 8 tháng 4 năm 2013. ...and Platypsyllus Ritsema 1869 with one apparently Holarctic species, ectoparasitic on the two species of Castor.
  2. ↑ Cardé, Vincent H.; Resh, Ring T. biên tập (2009). Encyclopedia of Insects (ấn bản 2). Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. tr. 197. ISBN 9780080920900. Platypsyllus castoris beetles of the family Leiodidae are specialists on beavers,...
  3. ↑ Whitaker, John O. (1996). National Audubon Society Field Guide to Mammals . New York: Knopf. tr. 568. ISBN 0-679-44631-1. Beavers are hosts to a unique parasite that lives on the exterior of their bodies—a highly specialized beetle that parasitizes only beavers.
  4. ↑ Goater, Timothy M.; Goater, Cameron P.; Esch, Gerald W. (2013). Parasitism: The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites (ấn bản 2). Cambridge University Press. tr. 325. ISBN 9780521190282. All genera [of Coleoptera, which includes Platypsyllus,] are wingless and are eyeless or have reduced eyes, and are markedly dorsoventrally flattened.