Gerris spinolae Lethierry and Severin (Hemiptera: Gerridae) and Brachydeutera longipes Hendel (Diptera: Ephydridae): Two Effective Insect Bioindicators to Monitor Pollution in Some Tropical Freshwater Ponds under Anthropogenic Stress

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Abundance (No./sq. m) of adults of (a) Brachydeutera longipes (Hendel) and (b) Gerris spinolae (Lethierry and Severin) in the control (Botanical garden) and anthropogenically stressed (Kurukshetra, Sankuldhara and Durgakund) ponds, where *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01, and ***𝑃<0.001, ns—not significant.

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