The karyotype of the aberrant obligate antattended mealybug, neochavesia caldasiae (Coccoideapseudococcidae: Rhizoecinae)

• Autores: J. H. C. Delabie, C.s.f. Mariano, J.e. Serrão, S.g. Pompolo
• Localización: Caldasia: Revista de biodiversidad tropical, ISSN-e 2357-3759, ISSN 0366-5232, Vol. 26, Nº. 1, 2004, págs. 185-190
• Idioma: inglés
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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.