Markers in the polytene chromosomes of freshwater Chironomus Meigen (Diptera, Chironomidae) species
Author
Michailova, Paraskeva
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-05-22
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.3
1175-5326
11239735
B535A3FF-151C-4070-9BE7-2FE6E3238847
Chironomus luridus
Srenzke
The chromosome set is 2n = 8. Chromosome
AE
is submetacentric, chromosomes
CD
and
BF
are metacentric, chromosome G is telocentric. Near to the centromere region of chromosome G there is puff. Two BRs are close to each other. In the middle of the chromosome G there is a constriction surrounded by thick dark bands, a marker of the species (
Fig. 17
). The “basic” patterns in A2.2 are in inverted state in comparison with the standard species,
C. piger
.
Twenty-two larvae
were analyzed
.
Collection sites
:
Sofia
:
South Park
;
Varna
, region
St. Konstantin
and Elena
.