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. 2014 Sep 24;114(2):207–219. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2014.87

Table 1. Chromosomal location of U1 snDNA in 70 grasshopper species belonging to five families.

Family Subfamily Species Chromosome no (in order of decreasing size)
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Sex chromosomes
Proscopiidae
 Proscopiinae
  Scleratoscopia protopeirae 1i
  Scleratoscopia spinosa 1i
  Scleratoscopia silvae 1i
  Stiphra robusta 1i
 
Pyrgomorphidae
 Pyrgomorphinae
  Algete brunneri 1pr
  Omura congrua 1pr
 
Ommexechidae
 Ommexechinae
  Ommexecha gracilis 1pr 1c/1pr
  Ommexecha virens 1pr 1c/1pr
 
Romaleidae
 Romaleinae
  Agriacris auripennis 1c/1pr
  Brasilacris gigas 1i
  Chromacris nuptialis 1pr
  Chromacris speciosa 1sd
  Helionotus mirabilis 1pr
  Phaeopharia megacephala 1pr
  Radacridium nordestinum 1pr
  Tropidacris collaris 1pr
  Xestotrachelus robustus 1sd
  Xyleus discoideus angulatus 1pr
  Xyleus discoideus discoideus 1pr
 
Acrididae
 Acridinae
  Metaleptea adspersa 1pr 1pr
  Orphula pagana 1d 1d
 Catantopinae
  Pezotettix giornae 1pr
 Copiocerinae
  Adimantus ornatissimus 1pr
 Cyrtacanthacridinae
  Anacridium aegyptium 1i
  Schistocerca flavofasciata 1i 1i
  Schistocerca pallens 1i 1i
 Eyprepocnemidinae
  Eyprepocnemis plorans# 1pr 1pr 1pr 1pr 1pr 1pr 1pr
 Gomphocerinae
  Amblytropidia australis 1i 1pr/1i
  Amblytropidia sp. 1pr 1sd 1sd 1i 1i
  Chorthippus apicalis 1pr/1d
  Chorthippus binotatus 1pr/1i/1sd
  Chorthippus jacobsi 1pr/1i/1sd 1c 1pr
  Chorthippus jucundus 1pr/1i/1sd 1sd
  Chorthippus nevadensis s 1d 1pr 1pr
  Chorthippus parallelus 2pr/2i 1sd 1i
  Dociostaurus maroccanus 1c 1c 1c 1c
  Euchorthippus pulvinatus 1pr/2i/1sd 1pr
  Omocestus bolivari 2pr/1i/1sd 1pr/1d
  Omocestus burri 1pr/1i/1sd 1pr/1d
  Omocestus panteli 1pr/1sd 1pr/1d
  Orphulella punctata 1d
  Rhammatocerus brasiliensis# 1i 1c/1sd 1i
  Stenobothrus festivus 2i/1sd 1c/1sd 1pr
 Leptysminae
  Cornops frenatum frenatum 1i
  Cylindrotettix attenuatus# 1i
  Cylindrotettix obscurus 1i 1pr(X)
  Eumastusia koebelei koebelei 1c/1pr
  Stenopola sp 1i 1pr 1pr(X)
  Stenopola dorsalis# 1i
  Tucayaca parvula 1i
 Melanoplinae
  Baeacris pseudopunctulatus 1i
  Baeacris punctulatus 1sd
  Chlorus chiquitensis* 1d
  Chlorus vittatus* 1d
  Dichromatos lilloanus* 1i
  Dichromatos schrottkyi* 1d
  Dichroplus fuscus 1sd 1pr
  Eurotettix brevicerci* 1d
  Eurotettix minor* 1d 1i(XR); 1i(Y)
  Parascopas obesus 1sd
  Parascopas sanguineus 1sd
  Propedies auricularis 1pr/1sd
  Propedies viriosus 1pr
 Ommatolampidinae
  Abracris flavolineata*,# 1pr
  Orthoscapheus rufipes# 1pr 1pr
  Vilerna rugulosa# 1i 1pr
 Oedipodinae
  Aiolopus strepens 1pr
  Locusta migratoria# 1pr
  Oedipoda fuscocincta 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c/1pr 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c(X)
  Sphingonotus caerulans 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c 1c(X)

Abbreviations: c, centromeric; d, distal; i, interstitial; pr, proximal; s, spread; sd, subdistal.

Bold ‘' correspond to absent chromosomes in species with less than 23 chromosomes (males). * indicates results for species previously published and # species in which the individuals analyzed carried B chromosomes.