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Table 3 Cytogenetic characteristics of P. tibiamaculatus comb. nov. and Panstrongylus spp.

From: Do not judge a book by its cover: would Triatoma tibiamaculata (Pinto, 1926) belong to Triatoma Laporte, 1832, or to Panstrongylus Berg, 1879, with misleading homoplasies?

Panstrongylus spp.

Karyotype

Autosomal number

Sex determination system

FISH

(45S rDNA)

P. chinai

2n = 23a

20a

X1X2Ya

The largest autosomal parg

P. geniculatus

2n = 23a

20a

X1X2Ya

The largest autosomal parh

P. howardi

2n = 23b

20b

X1X2Yb

The largest autosomal pari

P. lignarius

2n = 23a

20a

X1X2Ya

The largest autosomal parg

P. lutzi

2n = 24c,d

20c,d

X1X2X3Yc,d

The largest autosomal pari

P. megistus

2n = 21e

18e

X1X2Ye

The largest autosomal parg

P. rufotuberculatus

2n = 23a

20a

X1X2Ya

The largest autosomal parh

P. tibiamaculatus comb. nov

2n = 23f

20f

X1X2Yf

The largest autosomal parg

P. tupynambai

2n = 23f

20f

X1X2Yf

  1. X X sex chromosome, Y Y sex chromosome
  2. aCrossa et al. [35]
  3. bPanzera et al. [36]
  4. cSantos et al. [37]
  5. dAlevi et al. [38]
  6. eSchreiber and Pellegrino [39]
  7. fPanzera et al. [40]
  8. gPanzera et al. [41]
  9. hPita et al. [42]
  10. iPanzera et al. [43]