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Evangelista, D.A.; Wipfler, B.; O., Bethoux; Donath, A.; Fujita, M.; Kohli, M.K.; Legendre, F.; Liu; Machida; Misof; Peters; Podsiadlowski; Rust; Schuette; Tollenaar; Ware; Wappler; Zhou; Meusemann; Simon (23 January 2019). "An integrative phylogenomic approach illuminates the evolutionary history of cockroaches and termites (Blattodea)". Proc. R. Soc. B. 286 (1895). doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2076. PMC 6364590. PMID 30963947.
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Nityananda, Vivek; Tarawneh, Ghaith; Rosner, Ronny; Nicolas, Judith; Crichton, Stuart; Read, Jenny (2016). "Insect stereopsis demonstrated using a 3D insect cinema". Scientific Reports. 6: 18718. Bibcode:2016NatSR...618718N. doi:10.1038/srep18718. PMC 4703989. PMID 26740144.
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Nityananda, V.; Tarawneh, G.; Rosner, R.; Nicolas, J.; Crichton, S.; Read, J. (2016). "Insect stereopsis demonstrated using a 3D insect cinema". Scientific Reports. 6: 18718. Bibcode:2016NatSR...618718N. doi:10.1038/srep18718. PMC 4703989. PMID 26740144.
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Gelperin, Alan (July 1968). "Feeding behaviour of the praying mantis: a learned modification". Nature. 219 (5152): 399–400. Bibcode:1968Natur.219..399G. doi:10.1038/219399a0. PMID 5667084. S2CID 10951932.
Prete, F. R.; Cleal, K. S. (1996). "The predatory strike of free ranging praying mantises, Sphodromantis lineola (Burmeister). I: Strikes in the mid-sagittal plane". Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 48 (4): 173–190. doi:10.1159/000113196. PMID 8886389.
O'Hanlon, James C.; Holwell, Gregory I.; Herberstein, Marie E. (2014). "Pollinator deception in the orchid mantis". The American Naturalist. 183 (1): 126–132. Bibcode:2014ANat..183..126O. doi:10.1086/673858. PMID 24334741. S2CID 2228423.
Maxwell, Michael R. (1998). "Lifetime mating opportunities and male mating behaviour in sexually cannibalistic praying mantids". Animal Behaviour. 55 (4): 1011–1028. doi:10.1006/anbe.1997.0671. PMID 9632486. S2CID 26887566.
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