Open AccessMOSAIC DOMINANCE IN THE INHERITANCE OF THE COLOUR PATTERNS OF COELOPHORA INAEQUALIS (F.) (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)
Author(s) -
Houston K. J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00810.x
Subject(s) - biology , coccinellidae , black spot , dominance (genetics) , zoology , botany , horticulture , predation , ecology , genetics , gene , predator
Crosses were made between six forms of Coelophora inaequalis (F.) from the Brisbane area: nine‐spotted, elongated stripe, normal, black, five‐spotted and broken stripe. It was established that the inheritance of colour patterns in C. inaequalis is governed by mosaic dominance. These six forms are governed by four alleles with a dominance order of nine‐spotted normal black, elongated stripe black, while the elongated stripe and nine‐spotted alleles and the elongated stripe and normal alleles are co‐dominant and produce the five‐spotted and broken stripe forms respectively. Examination of types confirmed the synonomy of Coccinella noxempunctata F. Coccinella religiosa Lea. Coelophora mastersi Blackburn, Coelophora ripponi Crotch and Coelophora veranioides Blackburn with Coelophora inaequalis. Lemnia desolala Mulsant is shown to be another synonym of Coelophora inaequalis.