Detailed Record for Chrysolina aurichalcea

Common Name: Leaf beetle

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

C-value (pg): 0.80

Chromosome Number (2n): 31.00-41.00

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Tribolium castaneum = 0.21pg

References:
Petitpierre, E. and C. Juan (1994). Genome size, chromosomes, and egg-chorion ultrastructure in the evolution of Chrysomelidae In: Novel Aspects of the Biology of Chrysomelidae, edited by P.H. Jolivet, M.L. Cox, and J. Petitpierre. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 213-225.

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