A new species of Endecous Saussure, 1878 (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) from northeast Brazil with the first X1X20 chromosomal sex system in Gryllidae

Zefa, E.; Redü, D.Rutz.; Da Costa, M.Kátia.Matiotti.; Fontanetti, C.S.; Gottschalk, M.Silva.; Padilha, G.Boff.; Fernandes e Silva, A.; Martins, L.De.P.

Zootaxa 3847(1): 125-132

2014


ISSN/ISBN: 1175-5326
PMID: 25112329
Document Number: 678057
In this paper we describe a new species of Luzarinae cricket collected from the cave "Gruta de Ubajara, municipality of Ubajara, State of Ceará, Brazil, highlighting phallic sclerites morphology and chromosome complement as diagnostic characters. We presented meiotic and mitotic characterization in order to define the karyotype with 2n = 12 + X1X2♂/12 + X1X1X2X2♀. This represents the first record of X1X20 chromosomal sex system in Gryllidae.

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