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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Alphitobius diaperinus

Common Name: Flour beetle

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Coleoptera / Family Tenebrionidae / Genus Alphitobius

C-value (pg): 0.28

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Tribolium castaneum = 0.21pg

References:
Alvarez-Fuster, A., C. Juan, and E. Petitpierre (1991). Genome size in Tribolium flour-beetles: inter- and intraspecific variation. Genetical Research 58: 1-5.

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