Primary references

• Burmeister, H.C.C. 1847. Handbuch der Entomologie. Fünfter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Fortsetzung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Xylophila et Pectinicornia. Berlin: Reimer, viii + 584 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.8135 BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 111]

Additional references

• Broun, T. 1880: Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, Wellington. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Broun, T. 1904: Descriptions of new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 14: 41–59, 105-127. Internet Archive BHL BUGZ
• Endrödi, S. 1974: Monographie der Dynastinae 4. Tribus: Pentodontini von Australien und Neu-Zeeland (Coleoptera). Folia entomologica hungarica, 27 (2): 17–70.

• Given, B.B. 1955: A preliminary note on the genus Pericoptus (Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae). New Zealand entomologist 1(5): 15–18. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1955.9722744 Reference page. 
• Hope, F.W. 1837: The coleopterist's manual, containing the lamellicorn insects of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Vol. 1 . London: H.G. Bohn. Internet Archive BHL

Links

• Schoolmeesters P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on Jun 17, 2017]