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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Tribolium castaneum

Common Name: Flour beetle

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

C-value (pg): 0.21

Chromosome Number (2n): 20

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Not specified

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:

Tribolium castaneum = 0.20 (pg)
Tribolium castaneum = 0.21 (pg)
Tribolium castaneum = 0.21 (pg)

Outlinks:
NCBI Taxonomy Browser
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