A chromosomal study on a Lebanese spittlebug Philaenus arslani (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-210

  Maryańska Nadachowska, Anna ^a   Kuznetsova, Valentina G ^b   Abdul Nour, Hani ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aphrophoridae; Auchenorrhyncha; C bands; Chromosomes; CMA3; DAPI; Hemiptera; NOR; Philaenus arslani

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; DNA; INSECT; KARYOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM;

APHROPHORIDAE; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; HEMIPTERA; PHILAENUS; PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS;

EID: 55349107275     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.029     Document Type: Article

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