Table 1

List of karyotypes recorded from the Filarioidea
Species	Karyotype	Authors

With X0 System:
Acanthoceilonema viteae	5A+X0	[34]
	5A+X0	[20]
Dipetalonema setariosum	5A+X0	[20]
Setaria equina	5A+X0	[35]
Setaria digitata	5A+X0	[21]
Litomosoides sigmodontis	4A+X0	[19]
	4A+X0	[20]
	5A+X0	Jolley & Post, unpublished
Litomosoides galizai	5A+X0	Wade & Post, unpublished
Mononema martini	5A+X0	Wade & Post, unpublished
Loa loa	5A+X0	[36]
With XY System:
Dirofilaria immitis	4A+X0	[19]
	5A+X0	[20]
	4A+XY	[21]
	4A+XY	[13]
Brugia pahangi	4A+XY	[37]
Brugia malayi	4A+XY	[37]
	4A+XY	[38]
Wuchereria bancrofti	4A+XY	[24]
Onchocerca gutturosa	4A+XY	[39]
	4A+XY	[38]
	4A+XY	[14]
Onchocerca lienalis	4A+XY	[14]
Onchocerca armilatta	4A+XY	[14]
Onchocerca tarsicola	Germany 4A+XY (n = 5)	[22]
	Sweden n = 3	[22]
Onchocerca dukei	4A+XY	[22]
Onchocerca ochengi	4A+XY	[14]
Onchocerca gibsoni	3A+XY	[14]
Onchocerca volvulus	n = 2	[25]
	n = 4 or 5	[23]
	n = 5	[24]
	3A+XY (n = 4)	[39]
	3A+XY	[12]
	3A+XY	[40]
	3A+XY	[41]
	3A+XY	[14]

Post Filaria Journal 2005 4:10 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-4-10