Molecular and cytogenetic differentiation within the Lariophagusdistinguendus (Förster, 1841) species complex (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae).

Abstract:

:Several strains of the apparently well-known cosmopolitan synanthropic parasitoid of coleopteran stored-product pests, Lariophagusdistinguendus (Förster, 1841) from Western Europe, were studied using DNA sequencing and chromosomal analysis. The presence of at least two cryptic species with different COI sequences and chromosome numbers (n = 5 and 6) was supported. The species with n = 6 is associated with the drugstore beetle Stegobiumpaniceum (Linnaeus, 1758), whereas the other one with n = 5 mostly develops on the granary weevil Sitophilusgranarius (Linnaeus, 1758). A phylogenetic study revealed that the karyotype with n = 6 represents an ancestral character state in this complex. Consequently, the chromosome set with n = 5 which is characteristic of a particular internal clade, apparently originated via chromosomal fusion which was probably preceded by a pericentric inversion. If this is true, inverted chromosome segments could accumulate a number of genetic loci responsible for certain interspecific differences.

journal_name

Comp Cytogenet

journal_title

Comparative cytogenetics

authors

König C,Paschke S,Pollmann M,Reinisch R,Gantert C,Weber J,Krogmann L,Steidle JLM,Gokhman VE

doi

10.3897/CompCytogen.v13i2.34492

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-06-11 00:00:00

pages

133-145

issue

2

eissn

1993-0771

issn

1993-078X

pii

34492

journal_volume

13

pub_type

杂志文章