Beginning with Lawrence Bruner in 1906 [1] describing 8 species on the island of Trinidad, then followed by Beebe, Crane & Hughes-Schrader in 1952[2] and Kevan in 1953.[3] Both papers in the 1950s increased the number of species identified.
^ abcdefgBruner L. (1906). "Report on the Orthoptera of Trinidad, West Indies." Journal of the New York Entomological Society, New York. Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 135-165.
^ abcdefghijklmBeebe W., Crane J. & Hughes-Schrader S. (1952). "An Annotated List of the Mantids (Orthoptera, Mantoidea) of Trinidad, B.W.I." Zoologica, . Vol 37 pp. 245-258.
^ abcdefghijklKevan D. K. McE. (1953). "A preliminary list of the Mantodea of Trinidad, B.W.I." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, . Vol 6 Iss. 71, pp. 809-816
^Lombardo F., Ippolito S. (2004). "Revision of the species of Acanthops Serville 1831 (Mantodea, Mantidae, Acanthopinae) with comments on their phylogeny." Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Vol. 97, No. 6, pp. 1076-1102.
^Svenson g.j. (2014). "Revision of the Neotropical bark mantis genus Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, Liturgusini)." Zookeys. Vol. 390, pp. 1-214.