Detailed Record for Triatoma platensis

Common Name: Kissing bug

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Hemiptera / Family Reduviidae / Genus Triatoma

C-value (pg): 0.87

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Not specified

Standard Species: Allium cepa = 16.50pg

References:
Panzera, F., R. Perez, Y. Panzera, F. Alvarez, E. Scvortzoff, and R. Salvatella (1995). Karyotype evolution in holocentric chromosomes of three related species of triatomines (Hemiptera-Reduviidae). Chromosome Research 3: 143-150.

Other records available for this species:

Triatoma platensis = 1.33 (pg)

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