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Species Megarhyssa atrata - Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp

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Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families
By Goulet H., Huber J., eds.
Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E. 668 pp., 1993

Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
By Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979
Available online at Internet Archive:
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 3 (index)

Wasp Farm
By Howard Ensign Evans
Comstock Publishing, 1963
Essays and life history observations.

A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of Texas. V. Additional Records of Insecta.
By Reddell, J.R.
The Texas journal of science 22(1): 47-65., 1970
Full Text - BHL

Reddell, J.R. (1970). A Checklist of the Cave Fauna of Texas. V. Additional Records of Insecta. The Texas journal of science 22(1): 47-65.

ABSTRACT

Seventy-three species of insect are reported for the first time from caves in Texas; new records and bibliographic citations are included for 93 species previously reported from Texas caves. Unpublished records are included for the following groups: Collembola, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Odonata, Blattidae, Gryllacrididae, Psocoptera, Dermaptera, Lepidoptera, Formicidae, Siphonaptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera. Of special significance are new records for species of the carabid genus Rhadine.

Entomological correspondence of Thaddeus William Harris, M.D.
By Scudder, S.H. (Ed.)
Boston Society of Natural History, Boston., 1869
Full Text - BHL

Scudder, S.H. (Ed.) (1869). Entomological correspondence of Thaddeus William Harris, M.D. Edited by Samuel H. Scudder. Boston Society of Natural History, Boston.

Entomology for beginners: for the use of young folks, fruit-growers, farmers, and gardeners
By A.S. Packard
Henry Holt and Company, 1888
This little volume is an interesting glimpse into the science of entomology in the late 1800s, but today it is most useful as a source of public domain figures. Available online at Biodiversity Heritage Library

Facts and theories concerning the insect head
By R.E. Snodgrass
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 142, (1), 1–61, 1960
Detailed information and illustrations of insect head structures, but with somewhat dated terminology; available online and indicated as not in copyright in the United States.

Notes on the Neuroptera and Mecoptera of Kansas, with keys to the identification of species
By smith, Roger C.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 7: 120-144, 1934

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