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Ambrose, Dunston P. 1999. Assassin Bugs. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire. 337 pp.

Bradshaw, J. D. and J. E. McPherson. 2001. Discovery of macroptery in Pseudometapterous umbrosus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The Florida Entomologist 84(4):719-720.

Bradshaw, J. D. and J. E. McPherson. 2002. Life History and Laboratory Rearing of Pseudometapterus umbrosus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) with Descriptions of Immature Stages. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95(2) :192-200.

Hagerty, A.M. and J.E. McPherson. 1999. Survey of the Reduviidae (Heteroptera) of southern Illinois, excluding the Phymatinae, with notes on biology. The Great Lakes Entomologist 32(3):133-160.

Hagerty, A. M. and J. E. McPherson. 2000. Life history and laboratory rearing of Arilus cristatus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in southern Illinois. The Florida Entomologist 83(1):58-63.

Hagerty, A. M., J. E. McPherson, and J. D. Bradshaw. 2001. Life history and laboratory rearing of Emesaya b. brevipennis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in southern Illinois. The Florida Entomologist 84(3):410-414.

Maldonado Capriles, Jenaro. 1990. Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World. Special Edition of the Caribbean Jouranl of Science. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. 694 pp.

McPherson, J. E. 1989. An overview of the Heteroptera of Illinois. The Great Lakes Entomologist. 22(4): 177-198.

McPherson, J. E. 1991. Noteworthy range extensions of three emesine species (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) The Great Lakes Entomologist 24(2): 99-101.

McPherson, J. E. 1992. The assassin bugs of Michigan (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist. 25(1): 25-31.

McPherson, J. E., S. L. Keffer, and S. J. Taylor. 1991. Taxonomic status of Melanolestes picipes and M. abdominalis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The Florida Entomologist. 74(3): 396-403.

McPherson, J. E., S. J. Taylor and S. L. Keffer. 1992. Evaluation of characters to distinguish Fitchia spinosula and F. aptera (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The Florida Entomologist 75(2):222-230.

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