ZooKeys (Dec 2011)

Cytogenetics of the true bug infraorder Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera, Heteroptera): a review

  • Valentina Kuznetsova,
  • Snejana Grozeva,
  • Seppo Nokkala,
  • Christina Nokkala

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.154.1953
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 154, no. 0
pp. 31 – 70

Abstract

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The Cimicomorpha is one of the largest and highly diversified infraorders of the Heteroptera. This group is also highly diversified cytogenetically and demonstrates a number of unusual cytogenetic characters such as holokinetic chromosomes; m-chromosomes; multiple sex chromosome systems; post-reduction of sex chromosomes in meiosis; variation in the presence/absence of chiasmata in spermatogenesis; different types of achiasmate meiosis. We present here a review of essential cytogenetic characters of the Cimicomorpha and outline the chief objectives and goals of future investigations in the field.