Karyotype analysis and achiasmatic meiosis in pseudoscorpions of the family Chthoniidae (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)

Abstract

Karyotypes of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) are largely unknown. We described for the first time karyotypes and meiosis of the suborder Epiocheirata, represented by 9 species of the family Chthonidae.

Keywords

• karyotype
• achiasmatic meiosis
• arachnids
• pseudoscorpions