Cytogenetic characterization of the trinidad endemic, Arachnocoris trinitatus Bergroth: the first data for the tribe arachnocorini (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Nabidae)

• Authors: V.G. Kuznetsova , S. Grozeva , J.N. Sewlal , S. Nokkala
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Cimicomorpha), the first evidence for the tribe Arachnocorini (the subfamily Nabinae), with reference to the Trinidad endemic, Arachnocoris trinitatus Bergroth, is provided. This is an attempt to gain a better insight into the evolution, systematics and within-family relationships of the family Nabidae. The studies were conducted using a number of cytogenetic techniques. The male karyotype (chromosome number and size; sex chromosome system; NOR location; C-heterochromatin amount, distribution and characterization in terms of the presence of AT-rich and GC-rich DNA), and male meiosis with particular emphasis on the behavior of the sex chromosomes in metaphase II are described. Also investigated are the male and female internal reproductive organs with special reference to the number of follicles in a testis and the number of ovarioles in an ovary. A. trinitatus was found to display a number of characters differentiating it from all hitherto studied nabid species placed in the tribe Nabini of the subfamily Nabinae, and in the tribe Prostemmatini of the subfamily Prostemmatinae. Among these characters are chromosome number 2n = 12 (10 + XY), the lowest within the family, nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) situated on the autosomes rather than on the sex chromosomes as is the case in other nabid species, and testes composed of 3 follicles but not of 7 as in other nabids. All the data obtained suggest many transformations during the evolution of A. trinitatus.

Keywords

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ARACHNOCORINI; ARACHNOCORIS TRINITATUS; C-HETEROCHROMATIN; EVOLUTION; HETEROPTERA; KARYOSYSTEMATICS; KARYOTYPE; MEIOSIS; NABIDAE; REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia Biologica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 17-26

Contributors

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V.G. Kuznetsova

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S. Grozeva

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J.N. Sewlal

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S. Nokkala

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: Valentina G. Kuznetsova, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb., 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia