Abstract

FONTANETTI, Carmem Silvia. Karyotype of a termitophilic species of Diplopoda (Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae). Braz. J. Genet. [online]. 1996, vol.19, n.4, pp. 593-595. ISSN 0100-8455.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-84551996000400010.

This report describes the karyotype of a Brazilian Diplopod species (Arthropoda), Sandalodesmus gasparae (Schubart, Acta Zool. Lilloana Inst. "Miguel Lillo" 2: 321-440,1944), collected from a termite mound Cornitermes bequaerti. This species has 2n = 12. The sex pair could not be distinguished.

Keywords : karyotype; termitophilic; Diplopoda.