Probable Base Number for Genus x = 16
D. incompta n=16 ref King et al. 1976
D. perornata n=16 ref Sundberg et al. 1986
D. pyramidalis n=16 ref Sundberg et al. 1986; Watanabe et al. 2007 NOTE - Erythradenia
D. thieliana 2n=32 ref Watanabe et al. 1995
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