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THERE have been numerous records in the literature of teratological insect specimens; but, so far as we are aware, no reference occurs of an insect possessing antennæ with unequal number of joints on the two sides, affecting its bilateral symmetry.
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PUTTARUDRIAH, M., CHANNABASAVANNA, G. Variation in the Number of Joints of the Two Antennæ in Individuals of Bracon spp. (Braconidæ, Hymenoptera). Nature 169, 378 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169378a0
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