This species was investigated by Winder in 2006, using all the
strains listed, and by Dellowin 2008, using only Campinas material.
Mitotic chromosomes, arranged as karyotypes, are shown in
Fig. 2aed. Two strains are illustrated e the male karyotype (Fig. 2a
and b) is from the Campinas strain, and the female (Fig. 2c and d) is
from Niamey. In all more than 20 eggs gave clear preparations.
No differences were observed among the strains. The RCLs of
the autosomes show a length decrease of about 30% along the
karyotype, and the X chromosome appears slightly shorter than