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Issue: Vol. 2359 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2359.1.6
Page range: 65–67
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 25

The karyotype of Chironomus acerbiphilus Tokunaga, 1939 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Poland

Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Fisheries, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. M. Oczapowskiego 5, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tzar Osvoboditel boulv. 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Karol Starmach Department of Freshwater Biology, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. A. Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
University Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge, UK (Address for correspondence: 5 Kylebeg Avenue, Mountsandel, Coleraine, N. Ireland BT52 1JN)
Diptera Chironomidae

Abstract

The chromosome set of Chironomus crassimanus Strenzke, 1959 and pictures of its salivary gland chromosomes were presented by Keyl and Keyl (1959) and Keyl (1962). Keyl (1962) described the band sequence of chromosome AE compared with that of other Chironomus species. Later, Michailova (1989) described the chromosome markers of this species using material from Bulgaria. Martin (2006) indicated that the banding patterns of arms A and E of Chironomus acerbiphilus Tokunaga, 1939 are as in C. crassimanus and consequently suggested synonymy. Our study presents the karyotype of Chironomus acerbiphilus (= C. crassimanus) from Poland. This species is new for the Polish fauna.

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