Abstract
The karyotypes of the following six species of Brazilian Psocoptera are reported: Caecillius sp. (Caecillidae), Triplocania ? caudata New (Ptiloneuridae), Brachinodiscus cf. lepidus (Banks) (Psocidae), Psococerastis interrupta New (Psocidae), Ptycta nr reticulata New (Psocidae) and Trichadenotecnum sinuatum New (Psocidae). All of them had males with 2n = 17 and an XO sex determining mechanism.
cytogenetics; Psocoptera
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Cytogenetics of six Brazilian species of Psocoptera
Edison Zefa; Carmem Silvia Fontanetti; Alejo Mesa
Departamento de Biologia, IB, UNESP, Campus de Rio Claro, Av. 24A, n° 1515, Caixa Postal 199, 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP, Brasil. Send correspondence to E.Z
ABSTRACT
The karyotypes of the following six species of Brazilian Psocoptera are reported: Caecillius sp. (Caecillidae), Triplocania ? caudata New (Ptiloneuridae), Brachinodiscus cf. lepidus (Banks) (Psocidae), Psococerastis interrupta New (Psocidae), Ptycta nr reticulata New (Psocidae) and Trichadenotecnum sinuatum New (Psocidae). All of them had males with 2n = 17 and an XO sex determining mechanism.
Keywords: cytogenetics; Psocoptera.
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