Phylogeny of Simulium reptans (Linnaeus, 1758) and Simulium reptantoides Carlsson, 1962 – insights from Balkan populations
2019
Authors:
Đuknić, JelenaČanak Atlagić, Jelena
Anđus, Stefan
Paunović, Momir
Živić, Ivana
Popović, Nataša
Contributors
Chamutiová, TímeaHamerlík, Ladislav
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Conference object (Published version)
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© 2019 by the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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Morphological similarity among certain species often leads to misidentification. Additionally, the lack of appropriate identification keys contributes to the gaps in knowledge of the distribution of many species. Molecular methods, nowadays, are widely used to solve this problem and to expand knowledge about genetic variability and phylogeny of certain species. Simulium reptans (Linnaeus, 1758) and Simulium reptantoides Carlsson, 1962 are two morphologically similar species of Simulium reptans group, whose distribution hasn’t been clear. There is some information about these taxa in Northern and Central Europe, regarding their genetic variability, phylogeny and distribution. Nevertheless, there is no information about them in the Southern and Eastern Europe. The Balkan Peninsula is seen as one of Southern Europe’s biodiversity hotspots. However, in the Balkan Peninsula, only S. reptans is reported in the current inventory (Adler, 2019). In this study, mtDNA was extracted from 19 individuals from 12 localities across the Balkans. Phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial DNA barcoding (COI) gene, clearly showed the presence of both species in the area, supported by high genetic divergence (over 7%). Each of these species consist of two molecular forms: A and B, and throughout the Balkans only the B form of S. reptans was detected, while S. reptantoides occurs with both forms (A and B).
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Phylogeny; Balkan Peninsula; Simulium reptans; Simulium reptantoidesIn:
- Chamutiová T, Hamerlík L, editors. Conference Abstracts: The 10th Central European Dipterological Conference; 2019 Sep 23-25; Kežmarské Žľaby, Slovakia. Banská Bystrica: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University; 2019. p. 17.