| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Authors: | D. Cavalcanti Cabral-de-Mello, Silva, F. Augusto Ba, de Moura, Rde Cassia |
| Journal: | Micron |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Pagination: | 323-325 |
| Type of Article: | short communication |
| Keywords: | beetle, Chromosome evolution, Chromosome fusion, Karyotype, Neotropical scarabaeid |
| Abstract: | Eurysternus caribaeus was analyzed cytologically by conventional chromosomal staining. The species presents a diploid number of 2n = 8, chromosomes with two arms and an XY sex determining mechanism. This is the first karyotype described for the genus Eurysternus and the tribe Eurysternini, and is also the smallest diploid number observed in the family Scarabaeidae and superfamily Scarabaeoidea. |