Detailed Record for Warramaba virgo

Common Name: Grasshopper

Species (alternate): Moraba virgo

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Orthoptera / Family Eumasticidae / Genus Warramaba

C-value (pg): 4.00

Chromosome Number (2n): 16

Method: Feulgen Densitometry

Cell Type: Brain

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
White, M.J.D. and G.C. Webb (1968). Origin and evolution of parthenogenetic reproduction in the grasshopper Moraba virgo (Eumastacidae: Morabinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 647-671.

Other records available for this species:

Warramaba virgo = 3.75 (pg)

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