Description of a new species and the karyotype of the cavernicolous millipede Pseudonannolene Silvestri and the karyotype of Pseudonannolene strinatti Mauriès (Diplopoda, Pseudonannolenida, Pseudonannolenidae)

Fontanetti, Carmem Silvia

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000200012

Abstract

Pseudonannolene tocaiensis, sp.n. is described from Brazil, São Paulo, Itirapina. The karyotypes of P. tocaiensis, sp.n. and P. strinatti Mauriès, 1974 are also presented, both species are found in cave environments. P. tocaiensis has 2n=20, XY and P. strinatti, 2n=16; it was not possible to observe the sex determination mechanism in the latter.

Diplopoda; Pseudonannolene; cave millipedes; cytogenetic; millipedes

Description of a new species and the karyotype of the cavernicolous millipede Pseudonannolene Silvestri and the karyotype of Pseudonannolene strinatti Mauriès (Diplopoda, Pseudonannolenida, Pseudonannolenidae)

Carmem Silvia Fontanetti

Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista. Avenida 24 A 1515, 13506-900 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brasil. Pesquisador do CNPq

ABSTRACT

Pseudonannolene tocaiensis, sp.n. is described from Brazil, São Paulo, Itirapina. The karyotypes of P. tocaiensis, sp.n. and P. strinatti Mauriès, 1974 are also presented, both species are found in cave environments. P. tocaiensis has 2n=20, XY and P. strinatti, 2n=16; it was not possible to observe the sex determination mechanism in the latter.

Key words: Diplopoda, Pseudonannolene, cave millipedes, cytogenetic, millipedes

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I specially thank Drs. Alejo Mesa and Miriam M.O. Levada for their orientations, Drs. Doralice Maria Cella, Francisco A.G. de Mello and Vanderlei G. Martins for their help in collecting and Flávio Chaimowickz and Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha for sending part of the material. I also thank CNPq and FAPESP for the financial support.

Recebido em 30.XI.1995; aceito em 11.X.1996.

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______. 1987. Chromosomal evolution in Diplopoda (Myriapoda: Arthropoda). Caryologia 40 (1-2):145-155.
Bessière, C. 1948. La spermatogènese de quelques Myriapods diplopods. Arch. Zool. Exp. 85 (3):149-236.
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______. 1974. Cytological studies in six species of pill-millipedes (Diplopoda - Myriapoda). Caryologia 27 (1):55-64.
______. 1979. Chromosome cytology of seven species of Indian Diplopoda (Myriapoda), p.9-20. In: M. Camattini (Ed.). Myriapod Biology. Londres, Academic Press, 456p.
Fontanetti, C.S. 1990. Meiotic prophase in Diplopoda. Rev. Brasil. Genet. 13(4):697-703.
Mauriès, J.P. 1974. Um cambalidae cavernicole du Brésil, Pseudonannolene strinatii n.sp. (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Rev. Suisse. Zool. 81 (2):545-550.
Schubart, O. 1946. Primeira contribuição sobre os diplópodos cavernicolos do Brasil, p.307-314. In: Soc. Bras. Ent. (Ed.). Livro de Homenagem a R.F. d'Almeida. São Paulo, Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, XXIII+349p.
______. 1956. Cryptodesmidae do litoral do Estado de São Paulo (Diplopoda, Proterospermophora). An. Acad. Bras. Ci. 28 (3):373-386.
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Date of issue
1996

History

Accepted
11 Oct 1996
Received
30 Nov 1995

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[1] Achar, K.P. 1983. The use of G-banding technique in the chromosome studies of a milliped species Spirostreptus asthenes. Current science 52 (11):540-543.

[2] ______. 1987. Chromosomal evolution in Diplopoda (Myriapoda: Arthropoda). Caryologia 40 (1-2):145-155.

[3] Bessière, C. 1948. La spermatogènese de quelques Myriapods diplopods. Arch. Zool. Exp. 85 (3):149-236.

[4] Chowdaiah, B.N. 1966. Cytological studies of some Indian Diplopoda (Myriapoda). Cytologia 31 (3):294-301.

[5] Chowdaiah, B.N. & R. Kanaka. 1969. Cytological studies of Indian Diplopoda. II. (Myriapoda). Bull. Mus. Nat. D'Hist. Natur. 41 (2):43-47.

[6] ______. 1974. Cytological studies in six species of pill-millipedes (Diplopoda - Myriapoda). Caryologia 27 (1):55-64.

[7] ______. 1979. Chromosome cytology of seven species of Indian Diplopoda (Myriapoda), p.9-20. In: M. Camattini (Ed.). Myriapod Biology. Londres, Academic Press, 456p.

[8] Fontanetti, C.S. 1990. Meiotic prophase in Diplopoda. Rev. Brasil. Genet. 13(4):697-703.

[9] Mauriès, J.P. 1974. Um cambalidae cavernicole du Brésil, Pseudonannolene strinatii n.sp. (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Rev. Suisse. Zool. 81 (2):545-550.

[10] Schubart, O. 1946. Primeira contribuição sobre os diplópodos cavernicolos do Brasil, p.307-314. In: Soc. Bras. Ent. (Ed.). Livro de Homenagem a R.F. d'Almeida. São Paulo, Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, XXIII+349p.

[11] ______. 1956. Cryptodesmidae do litoral do Estado de São Paulo (Diplopoda, Proterospermophora). An. Acad. Bras. Ci. 28 (3):373-386.

[12] Sokolofe, J. 1914. Über die Spermatogenese bei Polyxemis sp. Zool. Anz. 44:558-566.