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Cytogenetic survey of some Brazilian cerambycidae (Coleoptera, Polyphaga, Chrysomelidae)

Amilton Ferreira^I; Vera L. Condutta^I; Vanderlei G. Martins^II

^IDepartamento de Biologia - UNESP, Caixa Postal 178, 13500 Rio Claro, SP, Brasil. Send correspondence to A.F.
^IIFaculdade de Filosofia e Ciências - UNESP, Caixa Postal 420, 17500 Marília, SP, Brasil

ABSTRACT

Meioformula was determined in 16 species of the family Cerambycidae, seven of them of the subfamily Cerambycinae, eight of Lamiinae and one of Prioninae. Only two species of Cerambycinae and one of Lamiinae showed the basic Polyphaga karyotype (9+Xy_p) and the remaining ones showed occurrence of centric fusions and fissions that have modified time basic karyotypes. These results are in accordance with previous studies on other species of this family.

Keywords: Cytogenetic survey; Cerambycidae; Coleoptera.

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