Chromosomal and reproductive features of some Oriental and Australasian scale insects (Homoptera, Coccinea)
Author
Gavrilov-Zimin, Ilya A.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia
coccids@gmail.com
text
Comparative Cytogenetics
2020
14
3
339
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v14i3.53367
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/CompCytogen.v14i3.53367
1993-078X-3-339
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Gossypariella siamensis (Takahashi, 1942)
Figs 1f-g
, 2
, 5a
Material.
K 1521, Thailand, Chiang Mai, city street near the University, on branches and twigs of an undetermined dicotyledonous tree, probably
Ficus
sp., 9.XI.2019, I.A. Gavrilov-Zimin.
New data.
2n = 16; bisexual reproduction with a Lecanoid heterochromatinization in male embryos. Complete ovoviviparity. Female reproductive system is similar with that in the previous species, but accessory glands are located in the middle part of the common oviduct (Fig.
2
).
Comments.
The genus
Gossypariella
Borchsenius, 1960 includes 4 species distributed in the Oriental region.
G. siamensis
is the first species of the genus studied cytogenetically.