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Chromosomes of Syrphidae. VI. The tribe Pipizini

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The karyotypes of 24 species of the tribe Pipisini (Diptera: Syrphidae) are described and illustrated. Nearly all the species of Neocnemodon, Pipiza and Pipizella have 2n=8 chromosomes consisting of a short telocentric XY pair and three metacentric pairs increasing in relative length from long to very long. Pair II chromosomes in several Pipiza species have high metacentric to low submetacentric arm ratios. One Parapenium species is tentatively reported as having five pairs and another five or six pairs. The karyological evidence favours placing the tribe Pipizini in the subfamily Syrphinae rather than in the subfamily Milesiinae.

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  1. Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    J. W. Boyes

  2. Institute of Genetics, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Janny M. van Brink

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Boyes, J.W., van Brink, J.M. Chromosomes of Syrphidae. VI. The tribe Pipizini . Genetica 43, 321–333 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156130

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