Table 3.
Karyotypic features of nine Aphelinus species. Shared letters after means indicate that they do not differ significantly within each sex.
| species complex | species | number nuclei measured | number chromosomes | chromosomal formula | total length of chromosome set (µm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | 95% confidence interval | ||||||
| female | Aphelinus varipes | Aphelinus atriplicis | 14 | 8 | 4M + 4A | 15.6ac | 13.7–17.9 |
| Aphelinus varipes | 16 | 8 | 4M + 4A | 15.1ab | 13.3–17.1 | ||
| Aphelinus certus | 19 | 8 | 4M + 4A | 14.0a | 12.4–15.8 | ||
| Aphelinus kurdjumovi | 13 | 8 | 2M + 6A | 16.8ac | 14.8–19.2 | ||
| Aphelinus hordei | 8 | 8 | 4M + 4A | 14.3ab | 11.9–17.1 | ||
| Aphelinus daucicola | Aphelinus daucicola | 15 | 10 | 10M | 16.8ac | 14.8–19.0 | |
| Aphelinus mali | Aphelinus glycinis | 5 | 10 | 10M | 19.6ac | 16.1–23.9 | |
| Aphelinus coreae | 6 | 10 | 10M | 21.3c | 17.9–25.4 | ||
| Aphelinus rhamni | 19 | 10 | 10M | 18.4bc | 16.5–20.4 | ||
| male | Aphelinus varipes | Aphelinus atriplicis | 3 | 4 | 2M + 2A | 16.3ab | 12.3–21.6 |
| Aphelinus certus | 3 | 4 | 2M + 2A | 25.0bc | 19.9–31.3 | ||
| Aphelinus hordei | 21 | 4 | 2M + 2A | 17.8b | 16.1–19.7 | ||
| Aphelinus daucicola | Aphelinus daucicola | 7 | 5 | 5M | 23.7ac | 20.4–27.6 | |
| Aphelinus mali | Aphelinus coreae | 6 | 5 | 5M | 29.8c | 25.8–34.5 | |
| Aphelinus rhamni | 4 | 5 | 5M | 22.5bc | 18.3–27.7 | ||
M = metacentric; A = acrocentric.