La Bibliografia che segue riporta ricerche svolte in Italia o in altri Paesi europei su specie comunque segnalate in Italia. Nella lista sono compresi anche lavori che riguardano, più in generale, aspetti di fisiologia, etologia ed ecologia di questi insetti.
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