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SUMMARY
Cytogenetical study of four species of Prioninae [Col. Cerambycidae]
The karyotypes of four species (Macrotoma scutellaris, Prionus coriarius, Ergates faber, and Aegosoma scabricorne) of the sub-family Prioninae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) have been studied.
1. — These species have rather different karyotypes. Their chromosomes numbers are, respectively: 28, 24, 22 and 20. However, all these insects have an equal number of autosomal arms.
2. — The species which phenotype is the more like the other Cerambycidae is Aegosoma scabricorne. This one has 20 chromosomes, just as the greatest part of the other Cerambycidae.
3. — These facts suggest the possibility of an evolution by centric fusion in this family.