Sangvorn KitthaweeSiripong SinghapongVisut BaimaiMahidol University2018-09-072018-09-071999-01-01Cytologia. Vol.64, No.1 (1999), 111-115001145452-s2.0-0032945281https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/25293Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a larval endoparasitoid of the fruit fly, Bactrocera correcta (Diptera: Tephritidae) that is important in biological control. We have analysed the metaphase chromosomes of this parasitoid using simple air-drying and squashed air-drying techniques. We examined the karyotypes of reproductive organs of pre-emerged adults and the cerebral ganglia of prepupae. Both show that females are diploid with a chromosome number of (2n)=40, whereas males are haploid with chromosome number of (n)=20. The haploid metaphase karyotype of D. longicaudata comprises 5 metacentric, 13 submetacentric and 2 subtelocentric chromosomes. We could not distinguish the sex chromosomes. These findings are the first record of the metaphase karyotype of this endoparasitoid.Mahidol UniversityAgricultural and Biological SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyArticleSCOPUS10.1508/cytologia.64.111