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Cyto-taxonomy of Miridae and Nabidae (Hemiptera)

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    The chromosome numbers of 51Miridae and nineNabidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Cimicoidea) are given.

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    InMiridae, Deraeocorinae, Bryocorinae andMirinae have a type 2n=34 and Phylinae 2n=32. Dicyphinae has 2n=48 and Orthotylinae 2n=24. The basic mirid caryotype is 32A+X+Y.

  3. 3.

    The caryotype ofDicyphinae supports the view that the group warrants subfamily status.

  4. 4.

    Phylus melanocephalus (2n=18) is unique amongst the mirids examined and could perhaps be retaining a primitive pro-mirid chromosome number.

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    InNabidae, Nabinae have a type 2n=18.

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    The species pairNabis rugosus andN. ericetorum are characterised by the same kind of deviation from family caryotype.

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    Himacerus mirmecoides has double the family complement of autosomes.

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    The basic cimicoid caryotype is, it is suggested, 2n=16A+ X+Y.

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Leston, D. Cyto-taxonomy of Miridae and Nabidae (Hemiptera). Chromosoma 8, 609–616 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01259522

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