Detailed Record for Pimelia granulicollis

Common Name: Darkling beetle

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

C-value (pg): 0.39

Chromosome Number (2n): 18

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Tribolium castaneum = 0.21pg

References:
Juan, C. and E. Petitpierre (1991). Evolution of genome size in darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera). Genome 34: 169-173.

Other records available for this species:

Pimelia granulicollis = 0.32 (pg)

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