Cytogenetic features of the blood-sucking blackfly Wilhelmia paraequina Puri (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Armenia |
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Authors: | Petrova N A Chubareva L A Adler P N Kachvorian E A |
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Affiliation: | Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia. |
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Abstract: | Three blackfly Wilhelmia paraequina populations of Armenia (rivers Debet and Megriget, channel Megri) were studied. 2n = 6: IS + IIL, IIS + IL, IIIS + IIIL. Cytological maps of polytene chromosomes were constructed. High inversion polymorphism (95.63%) was observed, with 2.6 inversions per individual. Three inversions proved to be associated with male development: Y1 was characterized by a combination of two heterozygous inversions, IIL-3 + IIL-1, while Y2 had another combination of heterozygous inversions, IIL-5 + IIL-3. The X chromosome had a standard homozygous IIL disk sequence. The populations were shown to be similar in autosomal polymorphism. A tendency for differentiation was observed with respect to frequencies and types of sex-linked inversions: the sex determination system was Y1X-XX in the Debet and Megriget populations and Y2X-XX in the channel (Megri) population. On the strength of these findings, one W. paraequina morphotype was assumed to involve two cytotypes, A (Debet and Megriget populations) and B (Megri population). |
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