NC STATE AGNIC SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY: A GUIDE TO ONLINE INSECT SYSTEMATIC RESOURCES

Balderson, J.  1984.  Catalogue of Australian Mantodea.  CSIRO Australian Division of Entomology Technical Paper. 23:1-17.  [NCSU Libraries: QL461.A88, n. 23]

Balderson, J., and K. H. L. Key.  1991.  Mantodea (praying mantids).  pp. 348-356. In CSIRO (ed.).  The Insects of Australia.  A Textbook for Students and Research Workers.  2nd edition.  Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Australia.  2 volumes.  xvii + 1137 + vi pp.  [NCSU Libraries: QL487.I5 1991]

Bazyluk, W. 1977. Blattodea et Mantodea = Karaczany i modliszki: Insecta. Pantstwowe Wydawn, Warszawa. 172 pp.  [in Polish; NCSU Libraries: QL505.64.P7 B39]

Beier, M.  1964.  Blattopteroidea Mantodea, In: Bronn's Klassen u. Ordnungen des Tierreichs 5, Abt. 5. Lief.:829-970.  [NCSU Libraries: QL45.B87]

Blatchley, W. S.  1920.  Orthoptera of Northeastern America. Nature Publications, Indianapolis.  785 pp.  [NCSU Libraries: QL507.1.B6]

Bolivar, I. 1876. Family Mantodea. (pp. 53-66). Sinópsis de los Ortópteros de España y Portugal. Calle de lá Libertad, Madrid. 339 pp. [in Spanish; NCSU Libraries: QL507.4.B66]

Brown, W. L., Jr.  1982.  Mantodea. pp. 347-349.  In Parker, S. P. (ed.). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms.  Vol. 2.  McGraw Hill, New York.  vi + 1232 pp.  [NCSU Libraries: QH83.S89]

Fischer, L.H. 1854. Familia Mantodea pp. 118-135.  In Orthoptera Europaea. Williams and Norgate, London. xx + 566 pp.  [in Latin; NCSU Libraries: QL507.4.F5]

Gillon, Y., and R. Roy.  1968.  Les mantos de Lamto et des savanes de Côte d'Ivoire.  Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire 30(A):1038-1151.  [in French, keys to species for adults, nymphs, and oothecae]

Gurney, A. B.  1951.  Praying mantids of the United States: native and introduced.  Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institute 1950: 339-362.  [9 plates, NCSU Libraries, Gov. Doc.: SI1.1712.M68]

Harz, K. 1957. Die Geradflügler Mitteleuropas. G. Fischer, Jena. xxiii + 502 pp. [in German; NCSU Libraries: QL507.4.H37]

Harz, K., and A. Kaltenback. 1976. Order Mantodea. pp. 129-168. The Orthoptera of Europe 3 (Series Entomologia 12). W. Junk Publishers, The Hague. 434 pp. [in German, keys to families and subfamilies; NCSU Libraries: QL507.4.H32]

Helfer, J. R.  1963.  How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies.  W. C. Brown, Dubu-que, Iowa.  v + 353 pp.  [keys to U. S. species; NCSU Libraries: QL507.1.H45]

Hill, D. S., P. M. Hore, and I. W. B. Thornton. 1982. Suborder Mantodea, pp. 128-132. In Insects of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong. xxviii + 503 pp. [NCSU Libraries: QL483.H85 H55]

Key, K. H. L.  1970.  Mantodea (praying mantids).  pp. 294-301. In Mackerras, I. M. (ed.).  The Insects of Australia. A Textbook for Students and Research Workers.  1st edition.  Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Australia.  xiii + 1029 pp.  [NCSU Libraries: QL487.I5 1970]

Klass, K.-D.  1997.  The external genitalia and the phylogeny of Blattaria and Mantodea.  Bonner Zoologische Monographien 42:[1]-341. [NCSU Libraries: QL505.8.K53 1997]

Mukherjee, T. K., A. K. Hazra, and A. K. Ghosh.  1995.  The mantid fauna of India (Insecta: Mantodea).  Oriental Insects  29:185-358.  [catalog, keys to families, subfamilies, genera, and species; NCSU Libraries: QL461.O78]

Nickle, D. A.  1987.  Order Mantodea.  pp. 140-142.  In Stehr, F. W. (ed.).  Immature Insects.  Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa.  [Vol. 1].  xiv + 754.  [NCSU Libraries: QL468.I44]

Nickle, D. A.  1990.  Order Mantodea.  pp. 71-72.  In Kosztarab, M., and C. W. Schaefer (eds.).  Systematics of the North American Insects and Arachnids: Status and Needs.  (Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Information Series 90-1.)  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg. xii + 247 pp.  [NCSU Libraries: S541.5.V5 I53]

Preston-Mafham, K.  1991.  Grasshoppers and Mantids of the World.  Facts on File, New York.  192 pp.  [NCSU Libraries: QL506.P74]

Ragge, D. R. 1955. Mantoidea. pp. 131-135.  The Wing-Venation of the Orthoptera Saltatoria: with Notes on Dictyopteran Wing-Venation.  Trustees of the British Museum, London.  xii + 299 pp.  [NCSU Libraries: QL509.B75]

Ramsey, G. W. 1990.  Mantodea (Insecta): with a review of aspects of functional morphology and biology.  Fauna of New Zealand 19:1-96.  [NCSU Libraries: QL508.M2 R36]

Schoeman, A. S. 1985. Mantodea (Mantids, praying mantids). pp. 62-65. In Scholtz, C. H., and E. Holm (eds.). Insects of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban. viii + 502 pp. [NCSU Libraries: QL485.A356 S36]

Scudder, S. H.. 1897. Mantidae. pp. 16-19 [70]. Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera Found North of Mexico. E. W. Wheeler, Cambridge, 89 pp.  [NCSU Libraries: QL507.1.S42]

Terra, P. S.  1995.  Systematics of the Neotropical genera of praying mantis (Mantodea).  Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 39(1):13-94. [NCSU Libraries: QL461.R43]

Wang, Z.  1987.  Key to common mantid [sic] of horticulture and forest.  Kunchong Zhishi 24(6)1987:355-356.  [in Chinese]

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