Table 3.
Infraorder, family, and species | 2n (♂) | Karyotype formula | 18S rDNA location | Published data on karyotype |
Cimicomorpha | ||||
Miridae | ||||
Deraeocoris ruber | 34 | 2n=30+2m+XY | X and Y chromosomes | Absent |
Deraeocoris rutilus | 34 | 2n=30+2m+XY | X chromosome | Absent |
Megaloceroea recticornis | 32 | 2n=30+XY | X and Y chromosomes | 2n=32+XY (Leston 1957) |
Cimicidae | ||||
Cimex lectularius | 29 | 2n=26+X1X2Y | X1 and Y chromosomes* | 2n=26+X1X2Y / (Grozeva et al. 2010 and references therein) |
Pentatomomorpha | ||||
Ligaeidae | ||||
Oxycarenus lavaterae | 18 | 2n=14+2m+XY / | A pair of larger autosomes | 2n=14+2m+XY / (Grozeva 2004) |
Phyrrocoridae | ||||
Pyrrhocoris apterus | 23 | 2n=22+X | A pair of larger autosomes | 2n=22+XX/X0 (Henking 1891, Ueshima 1979, and references therein; Sahara et al. 1999) |
Pentatomidae | ||||
Eurydema oleracea | 14 | 2n = 12+XY | X and Y chromosomes | 2n=12+XY (Schachow 1932, Geitler 1939, Xavier and Da 1945) |
Graphosoma lineatum | 14 | 2n = 12+XY | X chromosome | 2n=12+XY (Geitler 1939, Xavier and Da 1945). |
*Data from Grozeva et al. 2010