The presence of a parachute sex chromosome bivalent (Xyp) at metaphase I of male
meiosis is a well-known characteristic of Coleoptera, present in almost all families of this …

Alticinae has the greatest amount of biodiversity among the Chrysomelidae, with 40,000
described species, only 290 of which have been analyzed cytogenetically. The majority of …

Abstract Euchroma Dejean, 1833 (Buprestidae: Coleoptera) is a monotypic genus
comprising the species Euchroma gigantea, with populations presenting a degree of …

Omophoita belongs to the tribe Oedionychini and is endemic from Neotropical region. The
species of the tribe Oedionychini have revealed certain singular chromosomal features …

Male mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of two species of the genus Deltochilum
(Scarabaeidae) were analyzed through conventional staining, C-banding, base-specific …

Cytogenetic analysis of Astylus antis using mitotic and meiotic cells was performed to
characterize the haploid and diploid numbers, sex determination system, chromosome …

Mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of several populations of Eurysternus caribaeus
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) were analysed through conventional staining, C-banding, base …

The most intriguing karyotypic variation in the Coleoptera involves variation in sex
chromosome structure, origin and behavior. In this report we describe chromosomal …

The family Hydrophilidae is the largest group of the superfamily Hydrophiloidea to which the
largest aquatic Polyphaga are allocated. Phylogenetic studies based on morphological …

The cytotaxonomy of the hydrophilid, Sternolophus rufipes Fabricius 1792 was examined in
this study using meiotic cell division from testis. The hydrophilini subtribe hydrophilina is …