Apinae Xylocopa
Cytogenetic data
| Tribe | Species | Sample local | Country(ies) | Haploid(n) | Diploid(2n) | Karyotype | Notes | Genome size (pg) | Classic cytogenetic data | Molecular cytogenetic data | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xylocopini | Xylocopa appendiculata | Kamakura and Sagamihara, Kanagawa | Japan | 17 | 34 | k= 13acrocentric + 4metacentric | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | |||
| Xylocopini | Xylocopa fenestrata | Ludhiana | India | 16 | 32 | as Xylocopa fenesterata | Kumbkarni 1965 | ||||
| Xylocopini | Xylocopa virginica | Orlando, Florida | United States | as Xylocopa virginica krombeini | 0.69 | Ardila-Garcia et al. 2010 |
Chromosome classification: Levan et al. (1964): metacentric (m), submetacentric (sm), subtelocentric (st), or acrocentric (a). Imai (1991): metacentric (M) or acrocentric (A), with a variety of forms depending on the position of the heterochromatin on the karyotype.
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Bibliography
Ardila-Garcia, A.M., Umphrey, G.J., Gregory, T.R. An expansion of the genome size dataset for the insect order Hymenoptera, with a first test of parasitism and eusociality as possible constraints. Insect Molecular Biology, 19 : pp 337-346. 2010. DOI: [10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00992.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00992.x]
Hoshiba, H., Imai, H. Chromosome evolution of bees and wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) on the basis of C-banding pattern analyses. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 61 : pp 465-492. 1993
Kumbkarni, C.G. Cytological studies in Hymenoptera: Part II: Cytology of parthenogenesis in the carpenter-bee, Xylocopa fenesterata Fabre. Cytologia, 30 : pp 222-228. 1965. DOI: [10.1508/cytologia.30.222 https://doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.30.222]