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Reviewer: Casliber ( talk · contribs) 01:43, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Hi - will begin stragithforward copyediting as I review, and jot queries below: Casliber ( talk · contribs) 01:43, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Web of Science search gets me 11 hits as follows (some of which are already in the article...) - I need to sleep now. Will chase any we haven't got fulltext of tomorrow (tick off which ones you've already seen): Casliber ( talk · contribs) 15:05, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
Title: CICADA PREY OF NEW WORLD CICADA KILLERS, SPHECIUS SPP. (DAHLBOM, 1843) (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE)
Author(s): Holliday Charles W.; Hastings Jon N.; Coelho Joseph R.
Source: ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS Volume: 120 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-17 DOI: 10.3157/021.120.0101 Published: JAN-FEB 2009
Times Cited: 1 (from Web of Science) Done In article already.
2. Title: BODY SIZE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPHECIUS SPECIOSUS (HYMENOPTERA: CRABRONIDAE) AND THEIR PREY: PREY SIZE DETERMINES WASP SIZE
Author(s): Hastings Jon M.; Holliday Charles W.; Coelho Joseph R.
Source: FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST Volume: 91 Issue: 4 Pages: 657-663 Published: DEC 2008
Times Cited: 2 (from Web of Science) Done In article already.
3. Title: DNA barcoding of new world cicada killers (Hymenoptera : Crabronidae)
Author(s): Hastings Jon M.; Schultheis Patrick J.; Whitson Maggie; et al.
Source: ZOOTAXA Issue: 1713 Pages: 27-38 Published: FEB 27 2008
Times Cited: 3 (from Web of Science) Done In article already.
4. Title: Thermoregulation in male western cicada killers (Sphecius grandis Say) in the Chihuahuan desert
Author(s): Coelho Joseph R.; Holliday Charles W.; Hastings Jon M.; et al.
Source: JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY Volume: 32 Issue: 5 Pages: 270-275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.01.016 Published: JUL 2007
Times Cited: 1 (from Web of Science) Done Added. Thanks.
5. Title: Improved key to new world species of Sphecius (Hymenoptera : Crabronidae)
Author(s): Holliday C. W.; Coelho J. R.
Source: ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Volume: 99 Issue: 5 Pages: 793-798 DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[793:IKTNWS]2.0.CO;2 Published: SEP 2006
Times Cited: 5 (from Web of Science) Done In article already.
6. Title: Sexual size dimorphism and flight behavior in cicada killers, Sphecius speciosus
Author(s): Coelho JR
Source: OIKOS Volume: 79 Issue: 2 Pages: 371-375 DOI: 10.2307/3546021 Published: JUN 1997
Times Cited: 23 (from Web of Science) Done Added. Thanks.
7. Title: THE INFLUENCE OF SIZE, AGE, AND RESIDENCY STATUS ON TERRITORY DEFENSE IN MALE WESTERN CICADA KILLER WASPS (SPHECIUS-GRANDIS, HYMENOPTERA, SPHECIDAE)
Author(s): HASTINGS JM
Source: JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume: 62 Issue: 3 Pages: 363-373 Published: JUL 1989
Times Cited: 15 (from Web of Science) Done Added. Thanks.
8. Title: PROTANDRY IN WESTERN CICADA KILLER WASPS, (SPHECIUS-GRANDIS, HYMENOPTERA, SPHECIDAE) - AN EMPIRICAL-STUDY OF EMERGENCE TIME AND MATING OPPORTUNITY
Author(s): HASTINGS J
Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY Volume: 25 Issue: 4 Pages: 255-260 DOI: 10.1007/BF00300051 Published: 1989
Times Cited: 23 (from Web of Science) Done In article already.
9. Title: PROVISIONING BY FEMALE WESTERN CICADA KILLER WASPS, SPHECIUS-GRANDIS (HYMENOPTERA, SPHECIDAE) - INFLUENCE OF BODY SIZE AND EMERGENCE TIME ON INDIVIDUAL PROVISIONING SUCCESS
Author(s): HASTINGS J
Source: JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume: 59 Issue: 2 Pages: 262-268 Published: APR 1986
Times Cited: 15 (from Web of Science) Done In article already.
10. Title: BODY SIZE, THERMOPHYSIOLOGY, AND TERRITORIALITY IN MALE WESTERN CICADA KILLER WASPS (SPHECIUS-GRANDIS)
Author(s): HASTINGS J
Source: AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Pages: 983-983 Published: 1981
Times Cited: 0 (from Web of Science) Not done Can't access.
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11. Title: BEHAVIOR OF WESTERN CICADA KILLER MALES, SPHECIUS-GRANDIS (SPHECIDAE, HYMENOPTERA)
Author(s): ALCOCK J
Source: JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY Volume: 9 Issue: 5 Pages: 561-566 DOI: 10.1080/00222937500770431 Published: 1975
Times Cited: 7 (from Web of Science) Done Already in article.
Cheers for that. Added three from your list and there is a fourth that I can't access, but if it's hassling don't bother with it. Ah, it's looking nicer now. Atomician ( talk) 15:57, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
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"where a lower rating indicated a higher lethality"
This isn't very clear. A larger number would correspond to a higher lethality. As defined in the article, the value of LC corresponds to the weight in grams of an animal that would be killed by a sting (half the time). The larger the number – the larger the animal that would be killed. Perhaps this article should say this. See for example here. Aa77zz ( talk) 14:07, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
In the 'Life Cycle' section, the article states that wasps hunt Tibicen duryi cicadas and a link is provided. However, the link connects to a page for an Old World cicada of a different species. RobotBoy66 ( talk) 08:37, 27 July 2020 (UTC)