Records of Chromosomal Data of Some Scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones) from Turkey

Authors : Ayşegül KARATAŞ, Münir UÇAK, Ahmet KARATAŞ, Ozan EROĞLIU

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Publication Date : 2019-02-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study, the karyological features of three species Mesobuthus eupeus and Mesobuthus gibbous was investigated from the family Buthidae and Euscorpius insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Euscorpius); aladaglarensis from t he family E uscorpiidae, ranging in Niğde Province. As a result of karyological studies, it was determined that the diploid chromosome number of Mesobuthus eupeus, Mesobuthus gibbosus, and Euscorpius aladaglarensis as 2n= 20, 28 and 88 respectively. Two buthid species have holocentric chromosomes, while the euscorpiid species has monocentric chromosomes. During first meiotic division, we observed multivalent in one male of E. aladaglarensis.  
Keywords : Buthidae, Euscorpiidae, karyotype, multivalents