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Points of View Exploring the boundaries of environmental stress and fluctuating asymmetry: is Eumantispa (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) exceptional?

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Eumantispa spp. usually show markedly asymmetrical wing venation, and this character is used in defining the genus. This is illustrated and discussed in relation to fluctuating asymmetry, which is used as a measure of environmental stress. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998

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New, T. Points of View Exploring the boundaries of environmental stress and fluctuating asymmetry: is Eumantispa (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) exceptional?. Journal of Insect Conservation 2, 95–97 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009673508502

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