First description of the karyotype of a eucharitid wasp (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eucharitidae)

The haploid karyotype of Kapala sp. (Eucharitidae), a parasite of the Neotropical ant Dinoponera lucida Emery, 1901 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), is reported for the first time. It consists of four metacentric chromosomes. Chromosomes in the family Eucharitidae were unknown so far; therefore, our resul...

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Main Authors: Santos, Igor Silva, Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles, Costa, Marco Antonio, Mariano, Cléa Santos Ferreira, Silva, Janisete Gomes
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4698574/