Chromosomal Polymorphism and Interrelationships in Pissodes Weevils: Additional Cytogenetic Evidence of Synonymy
Smith SG. 1973. Chromosomal Polymorphism and Interrelationships in Pissodes Weevils: Additional Cytogenetic Evidence of Synonymy. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology. 15(1):83-100
ABSTRACT: Chromosome comparison and crossability tests compel relegating 6 of 10 Hopkins' Pissodes taxa to synonymy, namely, utahensis with similis Hopk., nigrae and alascensis with rotundntus Lec., fraseri and piperi with dubius Rand., and curriei with afinis Rand. Two, dubius and rotundatus, and possibly a third, affinis, of the four valid species revealed meiotic markers of semi-incompatibility not previously encountered: presumably, as in the strobi complex, the fourth, similis, is merely devoid of the necessary chromosomal diagnostic.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Smith, S
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, chromosomal polymorphism, Coleoptera, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Insecta, SER, Southeast Region, taxonomy, weevils