C-banded karyotypes of some Podisminae grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Japan

Abstract

C-banding patterns in Japanese grasshoppers belonging to the subfamily Podisminae: Podisma sapporensis Shiraki (2n ♂=23, NF=23); Parapodisma subastris Huang, Parapodisma tenryuensis Kobayashi, Parapodisma yamato Tominaga et Storozhenko, Parapodisma mikado (I. Bolivar), Fruhstorferiola okinawaensis (Shiraki) (2n ♂=21, NF=21), and Sinopodisma punctata Mistshenko (2n ♂=21, all chromosomes are two-armed) were studied. Cytogenetic similarities and differences between particular species are discussed using the C-banding method.