Chromosome numbers ofColeopterafrom Argentina

✍ Scribed by O. R. Vidal

• Book ID: 104630497
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 249 KB
• Volume: 65
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-6707
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00122910

✦ Synopsis

A list is presented containing data on chromosome numbers and sex determining mechanisms of90 species of Argentina beetles, belonging to the families Staphylinidae (2 spp.), Meloidae (3 spp.), Elateridae (1 sp.), Coccinellidae(5 spp.), Tenebrionidae(l1 spp.), Scarabaeidae(30 spp.), Cerambycidae (3 spp.), Chrysomelidae (27 spp.), Curculionidae (7 spp.) and Lampyridae (1 sp.). Asphaera t-album (Chrysomelidae) had n = 10 + X + 6y; in Epicauta atomaria (Meloidae) individuals with 2 n = 22,21 and 20 were found.