Source : Carl Von Linné, Fauna Svecica, sistens animalia Sveciae regni : quadrupedia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes, distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis autorum, nominibus incolarum, locis habitationum, descriptionibus insectorum, Stockholmiæ, Sumtu & Literis Laurentii Salvii, 1746, p. 386.

https://books.google.fr/books?id=Jps-AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr#v=onepage&q=microcosmus&f=false, consulté le 26/05/2016.