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Genus Dictyla


Dictyla echii: Seasonal history and North American records of an immigrant lace bug (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
By Wheeler A.G., Jr., Hoebeke E.R.
J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 93: 1057-1063, 1985

Some new species of nearctic Tingidae.
By Osborn, Herbert, and Drake, Carl John
The Ohio Journal of Sciences. 17(1): 9-15., 1916

Concerning some Tingitidae from the Gulf States (Heteroptera).
By Drake CJ
The Florida Entomologist, 9(3): 36–39., 1925
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Drake CJ (1925) Concerning some Tingitidae [sic] from the Gulf States (Heteroptera). The Florida Entomologist, 9(3): 36–39.

Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
By Drake, C.J. & F.A Ruhoff
Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (243): 1-634, 57 plates, 6 figures, 1965
Very useful hosts list for each species.
Available on line (free) here http://hdl.handle.net/10088/10084

The Tingitoidea of Ohio (Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin: volume 2 number 4-Bulletin 8)
By Osborn, Herbert, and Drake, Carl John
Ohio State University, 1916
Though older, this reference has keys and lots of illustrations. Available from:
-Googlebooks
-archive.org

Aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera of Mississippi
By Wilson C.A.
Tulane Studies in Zoology 6: 113‒170, 1958

New Hemiptera-Heteroptera, with comments upon the distribution of certain known species
By Barber, H.G.
New York J Ent Soc 22: 164-171., 1914
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Barber, H.G. (1914) New Hemiptera-Heteroptera, with comments upon the distribution of certain known species. New York J Ent Soc 22: 164-171.

Notes on synonymy and nomenclature of Palaeartic Heteroptera
By I.M. Kerzhner
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1993
Established synonymies in Nabidae, Miridae, Piesmatidae, Lygaeidae, Acanthosomatidae, Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae, Lygaeidae.