PMID- 33244356 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201128 IS - 1993-0771 (Print) IS - 1993-078X (Electronic) IS - 1993-0771 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 4 DP - 2020 TI - New cytogenetic data for three species of Pentatomidae (Heteroptera): Dichelops melacanthus (Dallas, 1851), Loxa viridis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805), and Edessa collaris (Dallas, 1851). PG - 577-588 LID - 10.3897/CompCytogen.v14i4.56743 [doi] AB - In this paper, we present new cytogenetic data for three species of the family Pentatomidae: Dichelops melacanthus (Dallas, 1851), Loxa viridis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805), and Edessa collaris (Dallas, 1851). All studied species presented holocentric chromosomes and inverted meiosis for the sex chromosomes. D. melacanthus has 2n = 12 (10A + XY); L. viridis showed 2n = 14 (12A + XY); and E. collaris showed 2n = 14 (12A + XY). C-banding was performed for the first time in these species and revealed terminal and interstitial heterochromatic regions on the autosomes; DAPI/CMA(3) staining showed different fluorescent patterns. In all species, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S rDNA probe identified signals on one autosomal bivalent, this being the first report of FISH application in the species D. melacanthus and L. viridis. The results obtained add to those already existing in the literature, enabling a better understanding of the meiotic behavior of these insects. CI - Jaqueline Fernanda Dionisio, Joana Neres da Cruz Baldissera, Angelica Nunes Tiepo, Jose Antonio Marin Fernandes, Daniel Ricardo Sosa-Gomez, Renata da Rosa. FAU - Dionisio, Jaqueline Fernanda AU - Dionisio JF AD - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, Km 380, Caixa Postal 10.011, 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina Brazil. FAU - da Cruz Baldissera, Joana Neres AU - da Cruz Baldissera JN AD - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, Km 380, Caixa Postal 10.011, 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina Brazil. FAU - Tiepo, Angelica Nunes AU - Tiepo AN AD - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, Km 380, Caixa Postal 10.011, 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina Brazil. FAU - Fernandes, Jose Antonio Marin AU - Fernandes JAM AD - Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Universidade Federal do Para, 66075-110; PA, Brazil Universidade Federal do Para Para Brazil. FAU - Sosa-Gomez, Daniel Ricardo AU - Sosa-Gomez DR AD - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria/Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja (EMBRAPA/CNPSO), Rodovia Carlos Joao Strass, 86001-970, Distrito de Warta, Londrina, PR, Brazil Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja Londrina Brazil. FAU - da Rosa, Renata AU - da Rosa R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4258-7244 AD - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, Km 380, Caixa Postal 10.011, 86057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina Brazil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201117 PL - Bulgaria TA - Comp Cytogenet JT - Comparative cytogenetics JID - 101503807 PMC - PMC7686203 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Pentatomidae OT - Heterochromatin OT - Holocentric chromosome OT - Meiosis OT - rDNA-FISH EDAT- 2020/11/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/28 06:01 PMCR- 2020/11/17 CRDT- 2020/11/27 05:45 PHST- 2020/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/11/27 05:45 [entrez] PHST- 2020/11/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 56743 [pii] AID - 10.3897/CompCytogen.v14i4.56743 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Comp Cytogenet. 2020 Nov 17;14(4):577-588. doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v14i4.56743. eCollection 2020.