Megalocryptes buteae Takahashi, 1942 Figs 3d, 4, 5c

Material.

K 1536, Thailand, Pai, on twigs of an undetermined dicotyledonous tree, 13.XI.2019, I.A. Gavrilov-Zimin.

New data.

2n = 18; there is no heterochromatinization in all 72 studied embryos from 3 females, no sperm in spermathecae and no males in the population suggesting thus thelytokous reproduction. Female reproductive system is distinguished by unusually long and thin lateral oviducts (Fig. 4). Cleavage divisions in the egg start just prior to oviposition.

Comments.

These are the first cytogenetic and reproductive data for the small Oriental genus Megalocryptes Takahashi, 1942 which comprises two species only.