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Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina
versión impresa ISSN 0373-5680versión On-line ISSN 1851-7471
Resumen
BRESSA, María José y PAPESCHI, Alba Graciela. New contributions to the study of Corixoidea: cytogenetic characterization of three species of Sigara from Argentina and the plausible mechanisms of karyotype evolution within Nepomorpha. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2007, vol.66, n.3-4, pp.81-89. ISSN 0373-5680.
Cytogenetic studies in Heteroptera contribute to the analysis of evolutionary trends within the group. Heteroptera are characterized by the possession of holokinetic chromosomes, different sex chromosome mechanisms and a pair of m chromosomes in some species. In the present work, the male karyotype and meiosis in Sigara denseconscripta (Breddin), S. chrostowskii Jaczewski, and S. rubyae (Hungerford) are described. The three species share a diploid chromosome number of 2n= 24 with a pair of m chromosomes and an XY/XX sex chromosome system. With this study the chromosome number of 30 species of Corixoidea are known and the modal karyotype is 2n= 20+2m+XY in males. The available cytogenetic information in Heteroptera led us to suggest that the presence of a pair of m chromosomes and an XY/XX sex chromosome system could be considered as plesiomorphic for Nepomorpha. The absence of m chromosomes in species of Ochteroidea and Nepoidea, and the sex chromosome systems X0 and Xn0 (male) in species of Corixoidea, Naucoroidea, and Nepoidea should be considered as derived characters, which arose later in evolution.
Palabras clave : Cytogenetics; Heteroptera; Holokinetic chromosomes; Meiosis; m chromosomes.