C-Banded Karyotypes of Some Podisminae Grasshoppers(Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Japan.

C-banding patterns in Japanese grasshoppers belonging to the subfamily Podisminae : Podisma sapporensis Shiraki (2n _??_=23, NF=23), Parapodisma subastris Huang, Parapodisma tenryuensis Kobayashi, Parapodisma yamato Tominaga et Storozhenko, Parapodisma mikado (I. Bolivar), Fruhstorferiola okinawaensis (Shiraki) (2n _??_=21, NF =21), and Sinopodisma punctata Mistshenko (2n _??_ = 21, all chromosomes are two-armed) were studied. Cytogenetic similarities and differences between particular species are discussed using the C-banding method.