STOLAINE CASSIDINES (COLEOPTERA, CHRYSOMELIDAE) WITHXypSEX CHROMOSOMES AND A DERIVATIVE SYSTEMXpneoXneoYp

Abstract
Three species of Cassidines were cytologically studied. Chelymorpha indigesta and C. variabilis, with 10II + Xyp, have a relatively primitive Coleopteran karyotype and the sex chromosomes form a parachute-like bivalent. Botanochara angulata, belonging to the same tribe, Stolaini, presents an exceptional karyotype with a very high chromosome number (2n = 51 ♀) and multiple sex chromosomes XpneoXneoYp. This system has derived from the Xypby a yp-to-autosome translocation.