Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Chromosomes in A Lady Bird Beetle Menochilus Marathi Sp. Nov. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

S. S. Patil, T. V. Sathe

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A lady bird beetle Menochilus marathi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is biocontrol agent of several homopterous insect pests. Therefore, karyological investigations were carried out in adult male of M. marathi sp. nov. The diploid number of 12 chromosomes was depicted by the spermatogonial metaphase. The karyotypes comprise of 5 pair of autosomes and X and Y sex chromosomes

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S. S. Patil, T. V. Sathe / Chromosomes in A Lady Bird Beetle Menochilus Marathi Sp. Nov. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) / Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.3, Issue.11 November 2013

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