Records of Chromosomal Data of Some Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from Turkey

Year 2019, Volume: 47 Issue: 1, 1 - 5, 01.02.2019

Ayşegül Karataş Münir Uçak Ahmet Karataş Ozan Eroğlıu

Abstract

In this study, the karyological features of three species Mesobuthus eupeus
and Mesobuthus gibbous was investigated from the family Buthidae and Euscorpius
(Euscorpius) aladaglarensis from t he family E uscorpiidae, ranging in Niğde Province.
As a result of karyological studies, it was determined that the diploid
chromosome number of Mesobuthus eupeus, Mesobuthus gibbosus, and Euscorpius
aladaglarensis as 2n= 20, 28 and 88 respectively. Two buthid species have
holocentric chromosomes, while the euscorpiid species has monocentric
chromosomes. During first meiotic division, we observed multivalent in one male
of E. aladaglarensis.

 

Keywords

Buthidae, Euscorpiidae, karyotype, multivalents

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