First Cytogenetic İnformation on four Checkered Beetles (Coleoptera, Cleridae)

Abstract

Te karyotypes of four species of Cleridae (Coleoptera): Trichodes favarius (Illiger, 1802), Trichodes quadriguttatus Adams, 1817, Trichodes reichei (Mulsant et Rey, 1863), and Tilloidea transversalis (Charpentier, 1825) were reported for the frst time with this study. Te chromosome numbers of these four species were determined as 2n = 18, sex chromosome system Xyp, and all chromosomes were meta-centric (the except y chromosome). Together with this study, the chromosome data of only 17 species are available in this family. It is remarkable that all of them display the same chromosome number and similar karyotypes. Tis may make the efect of karyotypical features important in interpreting the evolutionary process of Cleridae. © 2020, Comparative Cytogenetics. All Rights Reserved