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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Cassida leucanthemi

Common Name: Tortoise beetle

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Coleoptera / Family Chrysomelidae / Genus Cassida

C-value (pg): 0.93

Chromosome Number (2n): 18

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Tribolium castaneum = 0.21pg

References:
Petitpierre, E., I. Carreras, and J. Gómez-Zurita (1998). Cytogenetic analysis of European Cassida (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Hereditas 128: 1-8.

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