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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Pyrrhocoris apterus

Common Name: Red firebug

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Hemiptera / Sub Order Heteroptera / Family Phyrrhocoridae / Genus Pyrrhocoris

C-value (pg): 1.22

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Musca domestica = 0.90pg

References:
Bier, K. and W. Müller (1969). DNA-Messungen bei Insekten und eine Hypothese über retardierte Evolution und besonderen DNA-Reichtum in Tierreich. Biologisches Zentralblatt 88: 425-449.

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