Caldasia (Jun 2004)

THE KARYOTYPE OF THE ABERRANT OBLIGATE ANTATTENDED MEALYBUG, NEOCHAVESIA CALDASIAE (COCCOIDEA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE: RHIZOECINAE)

  • DELABIE J. H. C.,
  • MARIANO C.S.F.,
  • SERRÃO J.E.,
  • POMPOLO S.G.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 185 – 190

Abstract

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We report information about the structure of the karyotype of the ant-attendedmealybug Neochavesia caldasiae that maintains an obligate association with antsof the genus Acropyga. Seven pairs of holocentric chromosomes (2 = 14) constituteit, with one pair larger that the other six. This number is discussed according the toinformation available about the Pseudococcidae karyotype evolution, focusing theRhizoecinae.