Phene Structure of the Population of 14 Spot Ladybird Propylea quatuordecimpunctata(Linnaeus, 1758) in the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia)

Abstract

The work is devoted to studying the phene structure of populations of 14-spot ladybird (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)), localized in Elabuga and Muslyumovsky areas of the Republic of Tatarstan. The variability of isolated beetle phene is shown?seven yellow spots on the elytra black background. Positive asymmetry of the phene aberration shows the reduced size of these spots, compared with the average one, i.e., increased melanization of elytra. Between all the signs conjugate variability manifested, which indicates that they linked inheritance in the genotype.