First karyotype data on the family Myerslopiidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadomorpha)

By

Golub, Natalia
Kuznetsova, Valentina G.
Rakitov, Roman

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-11-14

Original Publication

Comparative cytogenetics : international journal of plant & animal cytogenetics, karyosystematics and molecular systematics

Volume

8

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

293--300

Subjects

Auchenorrhyncha , C-heterochromatin , chilensis , Cicadomorpha , Hemiptera , karyotype , Mapuchea , Membracoidea , Myerslopiidae , NOR , rDNA , TTAGG telomeric sequence

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

St. Petersburg, Russia [Published] with technical support of Zoological Institute RAS [2007]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v8i4.8813

 

Abstract

In the first cytogenetic study of the recently proposed family Myerslopiidae the male karyotype of Mapuchea chilensis (Nielson, 1996) was analyzed using conventional chromosome staining, AgNOR- and C-bandings, and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S rDNA and (TTAGG)n telomeric probes. A karyotype of 2n = 16 + XY, NOR on a medium-sized pair of autosomes, subterminal location of C-heterochromatin, and presence of (TTAGG)n telomeric sequence were determined. Additionally, the male internal reproductive system was studied.