title: First description of the karyotype of a eucharitid wasp (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eucharitidae).
abstract: The haploid karyotype of Kapala sp. (Eucharitidae), a parasite of the Neotropical ant Dinoponera lucida Emery, 1901 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), is reported for the first time. It consists of four metacentric chromosomes. Chromosomes in the family Eucharitidae were unknown so far; therefore, our results confirm that multiple parallel chromosomal fusions have taken place in several lineages within the superfamily Chalcidoidea.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45.662-900, Brazil; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano, Santa Inês, Bahia, 45.320-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Igor Silva
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Mirmecologia, CEPEC/CEPLAC, Itabuna, Bahia, 45.600-000, Brazil; Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45.662-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jacques Hubert Charles
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Delabie
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45.662-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marco Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45.662-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cléa Santos Ferreira
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mariano
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ilhéus, Bahia, 45.662-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Janisete Gomes
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Silva
keywords: Eucharitidae; Kapala; cytogenetics; parasitoid wasp