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Implication of chromosomal analysis for the taxonomy of parasitic wasps (hymenoptera)

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A review of principles for application of the morphology of the karyotype in the taxonomy of parasitic wasps is given. Specific character of the use of chromosomal characteristics at different taxonomic levels is determined. In the taxonomy of hymenopterans, the data on the morphology of the karyotype are the most important at the species level. By the taxonomic level and the degree of morphological isolation, closely related species of parasitic wasps, differing in the structure of chromosomal sets, can be subdivided into the following groups: well-distinguishable species; species with indistinct differences in the appearance (proper sibling species); morphologically identical populations; intrapopulation forms; specimens with spontaneous chromosomal mutations. It is suggested that chromosomal studies in the taxonomy of hymenopterans should be used as a method of express analysis of outdoor populations and laboratory strains of these insects.

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Original Russian Text © V.E. Gokhman, 2006, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2006, Vol. 85, No. 1, pp. 38–47.

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Gokhman, V.E. Implication of chromosomal analysis for the taxonomy of parasitic wasps (hymenoptera). Entmol. Rev. 86, 1–10 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873806010015

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