%0 Journal Article %A J. H. C. DELABIE %E C.S.F. MARIANO %E J.E. SERRÃO %E S.G. POMPOLO %I Universidad Nacional de Colombia %D 2004 %G Spanish %T THE KARYOTYPE OF THE ABERRANT OBLIGATE ANTATTENDED MEALYBUG, NEOCHAVESIA CALDASIAE (COCCOIDEA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE: RHIZOECINAE) %J Caldasia %V 26 %N 1 %U https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/39361 %X We report information about the structure of the karyotype of the ant-attendedmealybug Neochavesia caldasiae that maintains an obligate association with antsof the genus Acropyga. Seven pairs of holocentric chromosomes (2 = 14) constituteit, with one pair larger that the other six. This number is discussed according the toinformation available about the Pseudococcidae karyotype evolution, focusing theRhizoecinae.