Brain cell karyotype of the phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia shannoni (Dyar) (Diptera: Psychodidae).
The brain cell karyotype of New World sand fly Lutzomyia shannoni was described. This species has four pairs of chromosomes, 2N=8, with one pair of heteromorphic chromosomes.
Jiménez
M E
ME
Departamento de Química y Biología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de La Salle, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia.
Bello
F J
FJ
Ferro
C
C
Cárdenas
E
E
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology*; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D005260:Female; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000235:genetics*