Detailed Record for Polypedilum tamanigrum

Common Name: Midge

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Infra Class Neoptera / Super Order Holometabola / Order Diptera / Family Chironomidae / Genus Polypedilum

C-value (pg): 0.11

Method: Flow Cytometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg

References:
Cornette, R., O. Gusev, Y. Nakahara, S. Shimura, T. Kikawada, and T. Okuda (2015). Chironomid midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) show extremely small genome sizes. Zoological Science 32: 248-254.

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