Detailed Record for Tenebrio molitor
Common Name: Yellow mealworm beetle
Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Coleoptera / Family Tenebrionidae / Genus Tenebrio
C-value (pg): 0.52
Chromosome Number (2n): 20
Method: Feulgen Densitometry
Cell Type: Sperm
Standard Species: Tribolium castaneum = 0.21pg
References:
Juan, C. and E. Petitpierre (1989). C-banding and DNA content in seven species of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). Genome 32: 834-839.
Outlinks:
NCBI Taxonomy Browser
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