Open AccessA Cytogenetic Study of Two Species of Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Author(s) -
Petitpierre E.,
SanchezFont M. F.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00085.x
Subject(s) - biology , feulgen stain , tribe , botany , ploidy , zoology , genetics , dna , gene , sociology , anthropology
In a cytogenetic analysis of two Hispinae leaf beetles, Leptispa Jiliformis (Germar) from South Spain and Uroplata nigritarsis (Weise) from Uruguay, the former has a meioformula of 15 + XY, the highest number found among hispines. The latter displays 9 Xy p in agreement with two other species of the same tribe. The DNA content of Feulgen‐stained spermatids is 0.46 pg in Leptispa Jiliformis and 0.91 pg in Uroplata nigritarsis. The cytogenetic variation among hispines is briefly discussed.