Open AccessTHE CHROMOSOMES OF AN AUSTRALIAN PASSALID, AULACOCYCLUS EDENTULUS MACL. (COLEOPTERA, PASSALIDAE, AULACOCYCLINAE) *
Author(s) -
Mesa Alejo,
Ferreira Amilton,
Martins Vanderley
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01513.x
Subject(s) - biology , karyotype , autosome , subfamily , zoology , genetics , evolutionary biology , chromosome , gene
SUMMARY The karyotype of Aulacocyclus edentulus is 14 11 + XY, the majority of the chromosomes being either metacentric or submetacentric. One of the autosome pairs is very large and from the pair 2 to 14 the chromosomes decrease gradually in length. The chromosomes of this species show that the subfamily Aulacocyclinae follows the same patterns of karyotype evolution as that in the remaining Passalidae‐Lucanidae stock.