Formicinae Lasius

Cytogenetic data

Specieshaploid(n)diploid(2n)country(ies)karyotypenotesreferences
Lasius alienus28SwitzerlandHauschteck 1962  
Lasius alienus1530Switzerland, Germanyn=14 was also reported, Lorite and Palomeque 2010 suggested that such karyotype is due Robertsonian polymorphismHauschteckjungen and Jungen 1983  
Lasius brunneus15SpainK=1M+3ST+11TKaryotype n=16 was reported in Lorite et al. 2002b and suggested that it is due B-chromosomeLorite et al. 1998a  Lorite et al. 2002b  
Lasius emarginatus30SwitzerlandHauschteck 1962  
Lasius flavus1530SwitzerlandHauschteck 1962  Hauschteckjungen and Jungen 1983  
Lasius fuliginosus1428Switzerland, ItalyHauschteck 1962  Hauschteckjungen and Jungen 1983  
Lasius nearcticus1530USACrozier 1970b  
Lasius niger1530Switzerland, Japan, SpainIn Spain population, in Palomeque et al. 1990 variation in the number of chromososmes were reported due B-chromosomeHauschteck 1962  Hauschteck 1963  Imai and Yosida 1964  Imai 1966  Imai 1969  Imai and Kubota 1972  Palomeque et al. 1990b  
Lasius pallitarsis28USAas Lasius pallitarsusHung 1969  
Lasius sakagamii1530Japan2M+28AYamauchi et al. 2001  
Lasius talpa30JapanImai and Yosida 1964  Imai 1966  Imai 1969  
Lasius umbratus1530Switzerland, USAHauschteck 1962  Hung 1969  

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Bibliography

Imai, H.T. The chromosome observation techniques of ants and the chromosomes of Formicinae and Myrmicinae. Acta Hymenopterologica, 2 : pp 119-131. 1966

Lorite, P., Chica, E. , Palomeque, T. Números cromosómicos en los Formícidos españoles. I. Subfamilia Formicinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Sección Biología), 94 : pp 23-31. 1998a

Imai, H.T. Karyological studies of Japanese ants. I. Chromosome evolution and species differentiation in ants. Science Report Tokyo Kyoku Daigaku Section B, 14 : pp 27-46. 1969

Imai, H.T. , Yosida, T.H. Chromosome observation in Japanese ants. Annual Report of the National Institute of Genetics (Japan), 15 : pp 64-66. 1964

Crozier, R.H. "Karyotypes of twenty-one ant species (Hymenoptera; Formicidae), with reviews of the known ant karyotypes". Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology, 12 : pp 109-128. 1970b

Hauschteck, E. Die Chromosomen einiger in der Schweiz vorkommender Ameisenarten. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich, 107 : pp 213-220. 1962

Hauschteck, E. Chromosomes of Swiss ants. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of Genetics, 1 : pp 140. 1963

Palomeque, T., Chica, E., Cano, M.A. , Díaz de la guar-dia, R. Development of silver stained structures during spermatogenesis in different genera of Formicidae. Genetica, 81 : pp 51-58. 1990b

Hauschteck-Jungen, E. , Jungen, H. Ant chromosomes. II. Karyotypes of Western Palearctic species. Insectes Sociaux, 30 : pp 149-164. 1983

Hung, A.C.F. The chromosome numbers of six species of formicine ants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 62 : pp 455-456. 1969

Imai, H.T. , Kubota, M. Karyological studies of Japanese ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). III. Karyotypes of nine species in Ponerinae, Formicinae, and Myrmicinae. Chromosoma, 37 : pp 193-200. 1972

Yamauchi, K., Yoshida, T., Ogawa, T., Itoh, S., Ogawa, Y., Jimbo, S.,Imai, H.T. Spermatogenesis of diploid males in the formicine ant, Lasius sakagamii. Insectes Sociaux, 48 : pp 28-32. 2001

Lorite, P., Carrillo, J.A., Tinaut, A. , Palomeque, T. Chromosome numbers in Spanish Formicidae. IV. New data of species from the genera Camponotus, Formica, Lasius, Messor, and Monomorium. Sociobiology, 40 : pp 331-341. 2002b