GENETIC-STRUCTURE AND SIMILARITY RELATIONSHIPS OF THE UNISEXUAL CYPRIAN BACILLUS (INSECTA PHASMATODEA)

The allozymic analysis of newly collected specimens of B. cyprius UVAR OV - morphologically described in 1936 on a single female from the Isl e of Cyprus - indicates that they belong to the B. atticus complex. Th e analysis of the Cyprian Bacillus has revealed 5 new zymotypes and a level of polymorphism comparable to that found in the diploid B. a. at ticus and in the diplo-triploid B. a. carius. Nei's genetic distances suggest a higher affinity with the Italian, Croatian, and Greek diploi d demes, than with the geographically closer Turkish ones. Body and eg g morphology and karyological features seem to support a subspecific d ifferentiation for the new taxon, which we refer to as B. a. cyprius.