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Liu J, Xu H, Wang Z, Li P, Yan Z, Bai M, Li J. Phylogenetics, Molecular Species Delimitation and Geometric Morphometrics of All Reddish-Brown Species in the Genus Neotriplax Lewis, 1887 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini). INSECTS 2024; 15:508. [PMID: 39057241 PMCID: PMC11277550 DOI: 10.3390/insects15070508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Revised: 06/30/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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To date, five species of reddish-brown Neotriplax have been described, but their highly similar body color and other phenotypic traits make accurate taxonomy challenging. To clarify species-level taxonomy and validate potential new species, the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) was used for phylogenetic analysis and the geometric morphometrics of elytron, pronotum, and hind wing were employed to distinguish all reddish-brown Neotriplax species. Phylogenetic results using maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of COI sequences aligned well with the current taxonomy of the Neotriplax species group. Significant K2P divergences, with no overlap between intra- and interspecific genetic distances, were obtained in Neotriplax species. The automatic barcode gap discovery (ABGD), assemble species by automatic partitioning (ASAP), and generalized mixed Yule coalescent (GMYC) approaches concurred, dividing the similar species into eight molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs). Geometric morphometric analysis using pronotum, elytron, hind wing shape and wing vein patterns also validated the classification of all eight species. By integrating these analytical approaches with morphological evidence, we successfully delineated the reddish-brown species of Neotriplax into eight species with three new species: N. qinghaiensis sp. nov., N. maoershanensis sp. nov., and N. guangxiensis sp. nov. Furthermore, we documented the first record of N. lewisii in China. This study underscores the utility of an integrative taxonomy approach in species delimitation within Neotriplax and serves as a reference for the taxonomic revision of other morphologically challenging beetles through integrative taxonomy.
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- Jing Liu
- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
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- Shijiazhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shijiazhuang 050011, China;
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China; (J.L.); (H.X.); (Z.W.)
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Valenzuela-Sánchez A, Wilber MQ, Canessa S, Bacigalupe LD, Muths E, Schmidt BR, Cunningham AA, Ozgul A, Johnson PTJ, Cayuela H. Why disease ecology needs life-history theory: a host perspective. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:876-890. [PMID: 33492776 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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When facing an emerging infectious disease of conservation concern, we often have little information on the nature of the host-parasite interaction to inform management decisions. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that the life-history strategies of host species can be predictive of individual- and population-level responses to infectious disease, even without detailed knowledge on the specifics of the host-parasite interaction. Here, we argue that a deeper integration of life-history theory into disease ecology is timely and necessary to improve our capacity to understand, predict and mitigate the impact of endemic and emerging infectious diseases in wild populations. Using wild vertebrates as an example, we show that host life-history characteristics influence host responses to parasitism at different levels of organisation, from individuals to communities. We also highlight knowledge gaps and future directions for the study of life-history and host responses to parasitism. We conclude by illustrating how this theoretical insight can inform the monitoring and control of infectious diseases in wildlife.
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- Andrés Valenzuela-Sánchez
- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.,ONG Ranita de Darwin, Valdivia and Santiago, Chile.,Centro de Investigación para la Sustentabilidad, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.,Center for Wildlife Health, Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Wildlife Health Ghent, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- U.S. Geological Survey, 2150 Centre Avenue Bldg C, Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526, USA
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- Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland.,Info Fauna Karch, UniMail, Bâtiment G, Bellevaux 51, 2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK
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- Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 80309, USA
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- IBIS, Department of Biology, University Laval, Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand, Avenue de la Médecine, Quebec City, Canada.,Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Size and survival of two freshwater snail species in relation to shedding of cercariae of castrating Echinostoma spp. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:2917-2925. [PMID: 32734308 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06830-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Trematode-induced castration of snails is widespread and can lead to other life history changes of snails such as changes in trajectories of size and growth or survival. The changes produced likely depend on whether the parasite or host controls allocation of host resources remaining after partial or complete cessation of host current reproduction by castrating trematodes. Documenting host life history changes, like changes in host size in response to castration, is a first step in assessing whether these changes are beneficial to the parasite (increasing transmission success) or to the host (outliving the infection) or to neither. Herein, we test for differences in size and survival among individuals of two snail species in relation to infection by Echinostoma spp. trematodes. Active shedding of Echinostoma spp. was associated with castration of all Stagnicola elodes snails from a site in Eastern Ontario. Snails actively shedding cercariae were not different in size from non-shedding, egg-laying snails but had a higher mortality than egg-laying snails. Active shedding of Echinostoma spp. cercariae was also associated with castration of nearly all Helisoma trivolvis monitored, from a site in Southwestern Ontario. Actively shedding, non-laying H. trivolvis hosts were smaller on average than non-shedding egg-laying hosts, but both non-laying and egg-laying snails survived equally well. We discuss these results in light of what is known about effects of castration on snail hosts in terms of growth and survival for these and other trematode species and speculate on whether changes in size or survival benefits parasite or host.
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Wei X, Yan L, Zhao C, Zhang Y, Xu Y, Cai B, Jiang N, Huang Y. Geographic variation in body size and its relationship with environmental gradients in the Oriental Garden Lizard, Calotes versicolor. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:4443-4454. [PMID: 29760886 PMCID: PMC5938448 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Patterns of geographic variation in body size are predicted to evolve as adaptations to local environmental gradients. However, many of these clinal patterns in body size, such as Bergmann's rule, are controversial and require further investigation into ectotherms such as reptiles on a regional scale. To examine the environmental variables (temperature, precipitation, topography and primary productivity) that shaped patterns of geographic variation in body size in the reptile Calotes versicolor, we sampled 180 adult specimens (91 males and 89 females) at 40 locations across the species range in China. The MANOVA results suggest significant sexual size dimorphism in C. versicolor (F23,124 = 11.32, p < .001). Our results showed that C. versicolor failed to fit the Bergmann's rule. We found that the most important predictors of variation in body size of C. versicolor differed for males and females, but mechanisms related to heat balance and water availability hypotheses were involved in both sexes. Temperature seasonality, precipitation of the driest month, precipitation seasonality, and precipitation of the driest quarter were the most important predictors of variation in body size in males, whereas mean precipitation of the warmest quarter, mean temperature of the wettest quarter, precipitation seasonality, and precipitation of the wettest month were most important for body size variation in females. The discrepancy between patterns of association between the sexes suggested that different selection pressures may be acting in males and females.
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- Xiaomei Wei
- Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants Nanning Guangxi China.,Guangxi Key Laboratory of Medicinal Resources Protection and Genetic Improvement Nanning Guangxi China
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- Guangxi Dongli Mechanic School Nanning Guangxi China
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- Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants Nanning Guangxi China
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- Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants Nanning Guangxi China
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- Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants Nanning Guangxi China
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- Department of Herpetology Chengdu Institute of Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences Chengdu Sichuan China
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- Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants Nanning Guangxi China
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- Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants Nanning Guangxi China
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Zhang P, Sandland GJ, Feng Z, Xu D, Minchella DJ. Evolutionary implications for interactions between multiple strains of host and parasite. J Theor Biol 2007; 248:225-40. [PMID: 17585945 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2006] [Revised: 05/07/2007] [Accepted: 05/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The interaction between multiple parasite strains within different host types may influence the evolutionary trajectories of parasites. In this article, we formulate a deterministic model with two strains of parasites and two host types in order to investigate how heterogeneities in parasite virulence and host life-history may affect the persistence and spread of diseases in natural systems. We compute the reproductive number of strain i (R(i)) independently, as well as the (conditional) "invasion" reproductive number for strains i (R(i)(j), j not equal i) when strain j is at a positive equilibrium. We show that the disease-free equilibrium is locally asymptotically stable if R(i)<1 for both strains and is unstable if R(i)>1 for one stain. We establish the criterion R(i)(j)>1 for strain i to invade strain j. Subthreshold coexistence driven by coinfection is possible even when R(i) of one strain is below 1. We identify conditions that determine the evolution of parasite specialism or generalism based on the life-history strategies employed by hosts, and investigate how host strains may influence parasite persistence.
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- Pei Zhang
- Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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