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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Callosobruchus maculatus

Common Name: Cowpea weevil

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Infra Class Neoptera / Super Order Holometabola / Order Coleoptera / Family Chrysomelidae / Genus Callosobruchus

C-value (pg): 1.24

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg

References:
Hanrahan, S.J. and J.S. Johnston (2011). New genome size estimates of 134 species of arthropods. Chromosome Research 19: 809–823.

Other records available for this species:

Callosobruchus maculatus = 1.24 (pg)

Outlinks:
NCBI Taxonomy Browser
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