Chromosomes in a Lady Bird Beetle  menochilus Sexmaculatus  Fab. (coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

T. V. Sathe; S. S. Patil

Vol 8, No 2 (2013)
Pages: 109-111
Published: 2011-02-01

Chromosomes in a Lady Bird Beetle menochilus Sexmaculatus Fab. (coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

T. V. Sathe , S. S. Patil

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur M.S., India

A lady bird beetle, Menochilus sexmaculatus Fab. (Coleoptera:Coccinellidae) is biocontrol agent of several homopterous insect pests. Therefore, karyological investigations were carried out in adult male of M. sexmaculatus. The diploid number of 12 chromosomes was depicted by the spermatogonial metaphase. The karyotypes comprised of 10 pair of autosomes and X and Y sex chromosomes.