Halictinae Lasioglossum

Cytogenetic data

TribeSpeciesSample localCountry(ies)Haploid(n)Diploid(2n)KaryotypeNotesGenome size (pg)Classic cytogenetic dataMolecular cytogenetic dataReferences
HalictiniLasioglossum allodalumRifu, MiyagiJapan20.0k= 13pseudo-acrocentric + 7metacentricC-bandingHoshiba and Imai 1993  
HalictiniLasioglossum cooleyiVancouverCanada18.0as Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) cooleyiPacker and Owen 1989  
HalictiniLasioglossum duplexFujisawa, Kanagawa; Rifu, MiyagiJapan9.018.0k= 9metacentricC-bandingHoshiba and Imai 1993  
HalictiniLasioglossum lineatulusIthaca, New YorkUnited States12.024.0all metacentric or submetacentricDialictus lineatulusRamberg et al. 1984  
HalictiniLasioglossum malachurumFrankfurtGermany8.016.0as Halictus malachurusNoll 1931  
HalictiniLasioglossum rhytidophorusCuritiba, ParanáBrazil6.0as Lasioglossum (Dialictus) rhytidophorumKerr 1972  
HalictiniLasioglossum taeniolellumSagamihara, KanagawaJapan16.032.0k= 7pseudo-acrocentric + 3acrocentric + 6metacentricC-bandingHoshiba and Imai 1993  
HalictiniLasioglossum zephyrumIthaca, New YorkUnited States13.026.0all metacentric or submetacentricDialictus zephyrusRamberg et al. 1984  

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

Packer, L., Owen, R.E. Notes on the biology of Lasioglossum (Evylaevs) cooleyi (Crawford), an eusocial Halictine bee (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 121 : pp 431-438. 1989. DOI: [10.4039/Ent121431-6 https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent121431-6]

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

Ramberg, F.B., Kukuk, P., Brown Jr, W.L. Karyotypes of three species of Halictidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 57 : pp 159-161. 1984

Kerr, W.E. Numbers of chromosomes in some species of bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological society, 45 : pp 111-122. 1972

Noll, J. Untersuchungen über die Zeugung und Staatenbildung des Halictus malachurus Kirby. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere, 23 : pp 285-368. 1931. DOI: [10.1007/BF00446352 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00446352]