@article {1408,
	title = {Karyotype characterization of Eurysternus caribaeus: the smallest diploid number among Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)},
	journal = {Micron},
	volume = {38},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {323-325},
	type = {short communication},
	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.},
	keywords = {beetle, Chromosome evolution, Chromosome fusion, Karyotype, Neotropical scarabaeid},
	author = {Cabral-de-Mello, Diogo Cavalcanti and Barbosa Silva, Fernando Augusto and de Moura, Rita de Cassia}
}
