Figure 3. Mycetophylax metaphases submitted to C–banding technique and stained with fluorochromes.

(a) C – banding in the worker metaphase of M. morschi 2n = 26, (b) M. morschi 2n = 30, (c) M. simplex, (d) M. conformis denoting the heterochromatic positive bands (dark grey as indicated by the arrows). Metaphase of (e, f) M. simplex and (g, h) M. conformis stained with fluorochromes CMA₃ and DAPI, respectively. The white arrows indicate the positive staining for CMA₃. DAPI positivity was in agreement with the C – banding pattern (some positive bands are indicated by white arrows). Bar  = 5 µm.