Megachilini
Cytogenetic data
| Species | Sample local | Country(ies) | Haploid(n) | Diploid(2n) | Karyotype | Notes | Genome size (pg) | Classic cytogenetic data | Molecular cytogenetic data | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megachile ainu | Matsue, Shimane | Japan | 16 | k= 16pseudo-acrocentric | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | ||||
| Megachile albitarsis | Orlando, Florida | United States | 0.80 | Ardila-Garcia et al. 2010 | ||||||
| Megachile pseudomonticola | Matsue, Shimane | Japan | 16 | k= 7pseudo-acrocentric + 9metacentric | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | ||||
| Megachile rotundata | Guelph, Ontario | Canada | 0.83 | Ardila-Garcia et al. 2010 | ||||||
| Megachile sculpturalis | Matsue, Shimane; Higashimatsuyama, Saitama | Japan | 16 | k= 4pseudo-acrocentric + 12metacentric | as Chalicodoma sculpturalis | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 | |||
| Megachile spissula | Sendai, Miyagi | Japan | 16 | k= 14pseudo-acrocentric + 2metacentric | as Chalicodoma spissula | C-banding | Hoshiba and Imai 1993 |
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