Cytogenetic observations of Pachytodes erraticus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae: Lepturini)

Abstract

The paper describes cytogenetic observations of Pachytodes erraticus (Dalman 1817) for the first time. Also presented are the distribution of this species in Turkey with a map and in the world, chorotype classification of the species, photos of male genitalia, the mitotic metaphase stage and karyogram. The results indicate that the chromosome number is 2n = 18.