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The Influence of Weapon Asymmetry on Male-Male Competition Success in a Sexually Dimorphic Insect, the African King Cricket Libanasidus vittatus (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)

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Bateman, P.W. The Influence of Weapon Asymmetry on Male-Male Competition Success in a Sexually Dimorphic Insect, the African King Cricket Libanasidus vittatus (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 13, 157–163 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007775928411

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