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Remadi L, Chargui N, Depaquit J, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Chaâbane-Banaoues R, Babba H, Haouas N. On abnormal Phlebotomus perniciosus (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from the center of Tunisia. J Med Entomol 2023; 60:1418-1425. [PMID: 37616572 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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Phlebotomus perniciosus is the most important vector of Leishmania infantum in the Western part of the Mediterranean basin. Atypical specimens of Ph. perniciosus called (pna) with a parameral sheath simply curved, not bifurcated, have been reported in many locations. In this study, we describe abnormal Ph. perniciosus male specimens. Sand flies were collected in center Tunisia and identified morphologically. Cytochrome b PCR-sequencing was carried out for abnormal Ph. perniciosus male specimens in order to confirm the morphological identification and assess the intraspecific genetic polymorphism. Abnormal Ph. perniciosus specimens were characterized by a multifurcated parameral sheath. A parsimonious haplotype network based on cyt b locus analysis showed that typical and abnormal Ph. perniciosus described in our investigation were grouped together in the same branch. Thus, genetic outcomes confirmed that the new phenotype is only an original morphotype of Ph. perniciosus.
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- Latifa Remadi
- Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Parasitology-Mycology LP3M (Code LR12ES08), Department of Clinical Biology B, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Parasitology-Mycology LP3M (Code LR12ES08), Department of Clinical Biology B, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Hôpital Maison-Blanche, CHU de Reims, 45 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51100 Reims, France
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France
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- Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Parasitology-Mycology LP3M (Code LR12ES08), Department of Clinical Biology B, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Parasitology-Mycology LP3M (Code LR12ES08), Department of Clinical Biology B, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Parasitology-Mycology LP3M (Code LR12ES08), Department of Clinical Biology B, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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Renaux Torres MC, Pellot C, Somwang P, Khositharattanakool P, Vongphayloth K, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Mathieu B, Siriyasatien P, Gay F, Depaquit J. Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Pha Tong cave, Northern Thailand with a description of two new species and taxonomical thoughts about Phlebotomus stantoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023; 17:e0011565. [PMID: 37729218 PMCID: PMC10558075 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In South-East Asia, Thailand is the country with the highest number of human autochthonous cases of leishmaniases mostly due to Leishmania martiniquensis. Their transmission remains unresolved to date even though sand flies are known vectors of leishmaniases. As such, we focused a study on the sand fly fauna of a cave in Thailand to explore the biodiversity of potential Leishmania vectors. MAIN RESULTS We carried out an inventory in Pha Tong cave. We caught and identified 570 Phlebotomine sand flies (452 females and 118 males) and identified 14 species belonging to the genera Phlebotomus, Idiophlebotomus, Chinius, Sergentomyia and Grassomyia. Among these 14 species, two could not be related to known sand fly species. Herein, we propose the description of two new sand fly species, previously unknown to science. The first new species, Phlebotomus shadenae n. sp. is a sand fly of the subgenus Anaphlebotomus. It is morphologically close to Ph. stantoni, a species widely distributed throughout Southeast Asia. However, it differs by the length of the genital filaments in males or by the length of the ducts of the spermathecae in females as well as the high divergence of cytochrome b sequences. Additionally, we revised the systematics of the subgenus Anaphlebotomus and reinstated, by examination of its holotype, the validity of Ph. maynei, an Indian wrongly considered as a synonym of Ph. stantoni in the past. The second new species, Sergentomyia maiae n. sp., differs from a species in the same group, Se. barraudi, by an original cibarial double row of vertical teeth as well as by molecular data. CONCLUSIONS We propose the description of two new sand fly species for Science with morphological and molecular evidence. Ph. shadenae n. sp. was also found to be distributed in the south of Thailand and in Laos. Future studies need to determine whether these two species can play a role as vectors of Leishmania parasites, Trypanosomatids or Phlebovirus. Most of the species caught in the present study are strictly cavernicolous except Grassomyia sp. and a few Sergentomyia.
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- Marie-Charlotte Renaux Torres
- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES PETARD, Reims, France
- Pharmacie centrale, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, Reims, France
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES PETARD, Reims, France
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- School of Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Biomedical Technology Research Group for Vulnerable Populations, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
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- School of Medicine, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Biomedical Technology Research Group for Vulnerable Populations, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES PETARD, Reims, France
- Pasteur Institute of Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES PETARD, Reims, France
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- Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Center of Excellence in Vector Biology and Vector-Borne Disease, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, APHP, F75013, Paris, France
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES PETARD, Reims, France
- Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, pôle de Biologie territorial, Laboratoire de Parasitologie- Mycologie, Reims, France
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Vongphayloth K, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Lakeomany K, Phommavanh N, Mekarnia N, Khadri MS, Kaltenbach ML, Huguenin A, Martinet JP, Depaquit J. On the systematics of Phlebotomus betisi and two new related species from Laos with proposal of the new subgenus Lewisius. Parasite 2023; 30:21. [PMID: 37294211 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2023021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Phlebotomus betisi was described from Malaysia and classified after its description in the subgenus Larroussius. It was the only species to have a pharyngeal armature composed of dot-like teeth and an annealed spermatheca whose head is carried by a neck in females. Males were characterized by having a style bearing five spines and a simple paramere. The study of sandflies originating from a cave in Laos enabled us to discover and describe two sympatric species close to Ph. betisi Lewis & Wharton, 1963 and new for Science: Ph. breyi Vongphayloth & Depaquit n. sp., and Ph. sinxayarami Vongphayloth & Depaquit n. sp. They were characterized morphologically, morphometrically, geomorphometrically, molecularly, and proteomically (MALDI-TOF). All approaches converged to validate the individualization of these species whose morphological differential characters lay in the two genders by the observation of the interocular suture and by the length of the last two segments of the maxillary palps. In males, the length of the genital filaments discriminates these species. Females are distinguished by the length of the ducts of the spermathecae as well as by the narrow or enlarged shape of the neck bearing their head. Lastly, the particular position of the spines of the gonostyle coupled with molecular phylogeny led us to remove these three species from the subgenus Larroussius Nizulescu, 1931 and to classify them in a new subgenus: Lewisius Depaquit & Vongphayloth n. subg.
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- Khamsing Vongphayloth
- Institut Pasteur du Laos, Laboratory of Vector-Borne Diseases, Samsenhai Road, Ban Kao-Gnot, Sisattanak District, 3560 Vientiane, Lao PDR - Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France
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- Institut Pasteur du Laos, Laboratory of Vector-Borne Diseases, Samsenhai Road, Ban Kao-Gnot, Sisattanak District, 3560 Vientiane, Lao PDR
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- Institut Pasteur du Laos, Laboratory of Vector-Borne Diseases, Samsenhai Road, Ban Kao-Gnot, Sisattanak District, 3560 Vientiane, Lao PDR
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France - Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, pôle de Biologie territoriale, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, 51092 Reims, France
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France - URE Dengue et Arboviroses, Pasteur Network, Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Calédonie, Nouméa, Nouvelle Calédonie
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- Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE-USC ANSES VECPAR, Reims, France
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Huguenin A, Pesson B, Kaltenbach ML, Diarra AZ, Parola P, Depaquit J, Randrianambinintsoa FJ. MALDI-TOF MS Limits for the Identification of Mediterranean Sandflies of the Subgenus Larroussius, with a Special Focus on the Phlebotomus perniciosus Complex. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10112135. [PMID: 36363727 PMCID: PMC9698236 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10112135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Leishmania infantum is the agent of visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean basin. It is transmitted by sandflies of the subgenus Larroussius. Although Phlebotomus perniciosus is the most important vector in this area, an atypical Ph. perniciosus easily confused with Ph. longicuspis has been observed in North Africa. MALDI-TOF MS, an important tool for vector identification, has recently been applied for the identification of sandflies. Spectral databases presented in the literature, however, include only a limited number of Larroussius species. Our objective was to create an in-house database to identify Mediterranean sandflies and to evaluate the ability of MALDI-TOF MS to discriminate close species or atypical forms within the Larroussius subgenus. Field-caught specimens (n = 94) were identified morphologically as typical Ph. perniciosus (PN; n = 55), atypical Ph. perniciosus (PNA; n = 9), Ph. longicuspis (n = 9), Ph. ariasi (n = 9), Ph. mascittii (n = 3), Ph. neglectus (n = 5), Ph. perfiliewi (n = 1), Ph. similis (n = 9) and Ph. papatasi (n = 2). Identifications were confirmed by sequencing of the mtDNA CytB region and sixteen specimens were included in the in-house database. Blind assessment on 73 specimens (representing 1073 good quality spectra) showed a good agreement (98.5%) between MALDI-TOF MS and molecular identification. Discrepancies concerned confusions between Ph. perfiliewi and Ph. perniciosus. Hierarchical clustering did not allow classification of PN and PNA. The use of machine learning, however, allowed discernment between PN and PNA and between the lcus and lcx haplotypes of Ph. longicuspis (accuracy: 0.8938 with partial-least-square regression and random forest models). MALDI-TOF MS is a promising tool for the rapid and accurate identification of field-caught sandflies. The use of machine learning could allow to discriminate similar species.
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- Antoine Huguenin
- EA 7510 ESCAPE, USC VECPAR, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51096 Reims, France
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Pôle de Biologie Territoriale, CHU, 51100 Reims, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-3-26-78-4224
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- EA 7510 ESCAPE, USC VECPAR, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51096 Reims, France
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- EA 7510 ESCAPE, USC VECPAR, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51096 Reims, France
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- IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Aix Marseille University, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Aix Marseille University, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France
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- EA 7510 ESCAPE, USC VECPAR, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51096 Reims, France
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Pôle de Biologie Territoriale, CHU, 51100 Reims, France
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Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Depaquit J, Martinet JP, Golden CD, Boyer S, Robert V, Tantely LM. Two new phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the forest edge in Madagascar: the anthropophilic Phlebotomus artemievi sp. nov. and Sergentomyia maroantsetra ensis sp. nov. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:1177-1199. [PMID: 32246259 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06639-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A few data are related to the anthropophily of Malagasy Phlebotomine sandflies. Prior studies focussed mainly to inventories and description of new species. Our goal was to emphasize the anthropophily of Malagasy Phlebotomine sandflies. We worked in the Makira region, using two simultaneous methods: human landing catches (HLC) and CDC light traps. We collected sandflies in three rural communities adjacent to the Makira Natural Park. In each community, three different biotopes were sampled: within community settlements; at the edge of forest, typically in agricultural land; and within the forest. We collected 61 sandflies belonging to two new species presently described: Phlebotomus artemievi sp. nov. and Sergentomyia maroantsetraensis sp. nov. These sandflies were caught exclusively in the forest edge biotope. None were captured within communities or within forests. HLC provided 97% of the collected sandflies, corresponding to a human-biting rate of 15 females per human per night. CDC provided only two females. Ph. artemievi sp. nov. was predominantly captured by HLC and appears to be highly anthropophilic. Here, we update the behavioural ecology of sandflies and describe two new species. Further research is required to understand their vector competence and their ability to transmit arboviruses and other pathogens such as Leishmania.
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- Fano José Randrianambinintsoa
- University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA7510 « ESCAPE » - USC ANSES « transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR) », Reims, France. .,Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, BP1274, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
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- University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA7510 « ESCAPE » - USC ANSES « transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR) », Reims, France.,Laboratory Parasitology- Mycology, Hospital Maison Blanche, Reims, France
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- University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA7510 « ESCAPE » - USC ANSES « transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR) », Reims, France
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.,Madagascar Health and Environmental Research (MAHERY), 512, Maroantsetra, Madagascar
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- Medical Entomology Platform, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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- MIVEGEC Unit, IRD, CNRS, University of Montpellier, 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 CEDEX 5, Montpellier, France
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- Medical Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, BP1274, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Blavier A, Laroche L, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Lucas V, Gantier JC, Léger N, Robert V, Depaquit J. Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Ankarana tsingy of northern Madagascar: inventory and description of new taxa. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 26:38. [PMID: 31259684 PMCID: PMC6601424 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2019039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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An inventory of Phlebotomine sandflies was carried out in the Ankarana tsingy located in far northern Madagascar. A total of 723 sandflies were used for morphological, morphometric, and molecular studies (sequencing of partial cytochrome B (mtDNA) and partial 28S (rDNA)). Nine species were identified: Phlebotomus fertei, Sergentomyia anka, Se. sclerosiphon, Se. goodmani, two species of the genus Grassomyia, as well as three new species described herein: Se. volfi n. sp., Se. kaltenbachi n. sp., and Se. ozbeli n. sp. The recognition of these new species is strongly supported by molecular analyses. The first two of the new species could not be classified into any existing subgenus, therefore we proposed two new subgenera (Ranavalonomyia subg. nov., and Riouxomyia subg. nov.), with combinations as: Sergentomyia (Ranavalonomyia) volfi and Sergentomyia (Riouxomyia) kaltenbachi. Our study reveals important molecular variability in Se. anka, with the recognition of a population whose taxonomic status remains below that of species. Our research confirms the need to further study the specific diversity of Malagasy sandflies, which until the start of this millennium remained mostly unknown.
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- Antoine Blavier
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE - USC VECPAR, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE - USC VECPAR, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France - MIVEGEC Unit, IRD, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE - USC VECPAR, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE - USC VECPAR, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE - USC VECPAR, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE - USC VECPAR, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- MIVEGEC Unit, IRD, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA7510 ESCAPE - USC VECPAR, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France - Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Reims, 51100 Reims, France
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Augot D, Mathieu B, Hadj-Henni L, Barriel V, Zapata Mena S, Smolis S, Slama D, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Trueba G, Kaltenbach M, Rahola N, Depaquit J. Molecular phylogeny of 42 species of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from three continents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [PMID: 28643630 PMCID: PMC5482051 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2017020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The genus Culicoides includes vectors of important animal diseases such as bluetongue and Schmallenberg virus (BTV and SBV). This genus includes 1300 species classified in 32 subgenera and 38 unclassified species. However, the phylogenetic relationships between different subgenera of Culicoides have never been studied. Phylogenetic analyses of 42 species belonging to 12 subgenera and 8 ungrouped species of genus Culicoides from Ecuador, France, Gabon, Madagascar and Tunisia were carried out using two molecular markers (28S rDNA D1 and D2 domains and COI mtDNA). Sequences were subjected to non-probabilistic (maximum parsimony) and probabilistic (Bayesian inference (BI)) approaches. The subgenera Monoculicoides, Culicoides, Haematomyidium, Hoffmania, Remmia and Avaritia (including the main vectors of bluetongue disease) were monophyletic, whereas the subgenus Oecacta was paraphyletic. Our study validates the subgenus Remmia (= Schultzei group) as a valid subgenus, outside of the subgenus Oecacta. In Europe, Culicoides obsoletus, Culicoides scoticus and Culicoides chiopterus should be part of the Obsoletus complex whereas Culicoides dewulfi should be excluded from this complex. Our study suggests that the current Culicoides classification needs to be revisited with modern tools.
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- Denis Augot
- USC Vecpar, ANSES-LSA, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, EA 4688, Reims 51096, France
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- Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, 3 rue Koeberlé, EA7292, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- USC Vecpar, ANSES-LSA, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, EA 4688, Reims 51096, France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CR2P-UMR 7207 CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, 8 rue Buffon, CP 38, 75005 Paris, France
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- Instituto de Microbiologia, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Cumbayá, EC170157 Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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- USC Vecpar, ANSES-LSA, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, EA 4688, Reims 51096, France
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- Laboratory of Medical and Molecular Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, 99UR/08-05, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
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- Instituto de Microbiologia, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Cumbayá, EC170157 Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UFR Pharmacie, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51100 Reims, France
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- Unité MIVEGEC, UMR 224-5290 IRD-CNRS-UM, Centre IRD de Montpellier, BP 64501, 911 avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France - Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), BP 769, Franceville, Gabon
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- USC Vecpar, ANSES-LSA, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, SFR Cap Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, EA 4688, Reims 51096, France
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Schmid S, Dinkel A, Mackenstedt U, Tantely ML, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Boyer S, Woog F. Avian malaria on Madagascar: bird hosts and putative vector mosquitoes of different Plasmodium lineages. Parasit Vectors 2017; 10:6. [PMID: 28057063 PMCID: PMC5217334 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1939-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Avian malaria occurs almost worldwide and is caused by Haemosporida parasites (Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon). Vectors such as mosquitoes, hippoboscid flies or biting midges are required for the transmission of these parasites. There are few studies about avian malaria parasites on Madagascar but none about suitable vectors. Methods To identify vectors of avian Plasmodium parasites on Madagascar, we examined head, thorax and abdomen of 418 mosquitoes from at least 18 species using a nested PCR method to amplify a 524 bp fragment of the haemosporidian mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Sequences obtained were then compared with a large dataset of haemosporidian sequences detected in 45 different bird species (n = 686) from the same area in the Maromizaha rainforest. Results Twenty-one mosquitoes tested positive for avian malaria parasites. Haemoproteus DNA was found in nine mosquitoes (2.15%) while Plasmodium DNA was found in 12 mosquitoes (2.87%). Seven distinct lineages were identified among the Plasmodium DNA samples. Some lineages were also found in the examined bird samples: Plasmodium sp. WA46 (EU810628.1) in the Madagascar bulbul, Plasmodium sp. mosquito 132 (AB308050.1) in 15 bird species belonging to eight families, Plasmodium sp. PV12 (GQ150194.1) in eleven bird species belonging to eight families and Plasmodium sp. P31 (DQ839060.1) was found in three weaver bird species. Conclusion This study provides the first insight into avian malaria transmission in the Maromizaha rainforest in eastern Madagascar. Five Haemoproteus lineages and seven Plasmodium lineages were detected in the examined mosquitoes. Complete life-cycles for the specialist lineages WA46 and P31 and for the generalist lineages mosquito132 and PV12 of Plasmodium are proposed. In addition, we have identified for the first time Anopheles mascarensis and Uranotaenia spp. as vectors for avian malaria and offer the first description of vector mosquitoes for avian malaria in Madagascar.
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- Sandrine Schmid
- Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Zoologie, FG Parasitologie, Emil-Wolff-Straße 34, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Zoologie, FG Parasitologie, Emil-Wolff-Straße 34, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Zoologie, FG Parasitologie, Emil-Wolff-Straße 34, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, BP 1274 Avaradoha, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
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- Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Unité d'Entomologie Médicale, BP 1274 Avaradoha, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
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- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde,Ornithology, Rosenstein1, 70191, Stuttgart, Germany
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Depaquit J, Leger N, Randrianambinintsoa FJ. Paraphyly of the subgenus Anaphlebotomus and creation of Madaphlebotomus subg. nov. (Phlebotominae: Phlebotomus). Med Vet Entomol 2015; 29:159-170. [PMID: 25613531 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The systematic position of the Malagasy Phlebotomus (Diptera: Psychodidae) species was assessed in molecular phylogenetic studies. Three molecular markers were sequenced: cytochrome b of the mitochondrial DNA; ITS2, and the D8 domain of the ribosomal DNA. The following species were studied: Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) berentiensis, Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) fertei, Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) fontenillei, Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) vaomalalae and Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) vincenti from Madagascar; Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) stantoni from Asia, and Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) rodhaini from Africa. The following outgroups were selected: Phlebotomus (Euphlebotomus) argentipes, Phlebotomus (Euphlebotomus) barguesae, Phlebotomus (Larroussius) perfiliewi s.l. and Phlebotomus (Adlerius) simici. Each marker analysed by maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood supports the monophyly of the Malagasy Phlebotomus spp. Consequently, we create a new subgenus for these species: Madaphlebotomus subg. nov. This molecular individualization is reinforced by the originality of their spermathecae and by the fact that their geographical distribution is limited to Madagascar, and considers the high level of endemism on this island.
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- J Depaquit
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA4688 - USC Transmission Vectorielle et Épidémiosurveillance de Maladies Parasitaires (VECPAR), Reims, France
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Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Léger N, Robert V, Depaquit J. Paraphyly of the subgenus Sintonius (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sergentomyia): status of the Malagasy species. Creation of a new subgenus and description of a new species. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98065. [PMID: 24893009 PMCID: PMC4043648 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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During an inventory of Phlebotomine sand flies carried out in Madagascar, we have identified some specimens showing morphological characters related to the subgenus Sintonius of the genus Sergentomyia. We started a molecular study based on cytochrome b mtDNA and on D1–D2 and D8 domains of the rDNA. The sampling includes all the Sergentomyia species available and also S. (Sergentomyia) schwetzi, S. (Parrotomyia) magna, and the following species belonging to the subgenus Sintonius: S. clydei, S. christophersi, S. affinis vorax, S. adleri and S. meilloni. The Sintonius subgenus (sensu Theodor) is paraphyletic. The Malagasy specimens morphologically Sintonius-like are never clustered with the continental Sintonius. We propose a new subgenus to include them: Trouilletomyia subg. nov. Due to the lack of mesanepisternal setae, the species huberti is removed from the genus Phlebotomus and we propose here a new combination: Sergentomyia huberti comb. nov. The male of S. huberti is pinpointed and described for the first time. Lastly, a new species for Science is described on one female: Sergentomyia (Trouilletomyia) boironis n. sp.
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- Fano José Randrianambinintsoa
- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d’Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA4688– USC «transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)», Reims, France
- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-UM1-UM2, Montpellier, France
- Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA4688– USC «transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)», Reims, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-UM1-UM2, Montpellier, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, EA4688– USC «transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)», Reims, France
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Depaquit J, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Jaouadi K, Payard J, Bounamous A, Augot D, Krueger A, Brengues C, Couloux A, Robert V, Léger N. Molecular and morphological systematics of the sandfly Sergentomyia (Sintonius) clydei Sinton, 1928 and questions about its record in the Seychelles. Infect Genet Evol 2013; 21:41-53. [PMID: 24177594 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the Phlebotomine sandflies, a few molecular studies related on the genus Sergentomyia have been published. The present study explored the genetic variability within Sergentomyia (Sintonius) clydei (Diptera, Psychodidae). The sampling included 15 populations originating from 12 countries. A morphological approach was coupled to the sequencing of two molecular markers (cytochrome b mtDNA and cacophony nuclear DNA). The most variable morphological characters resided in the cibarium of the females, especially (i) the pigment patch pattern and (ii) the number of cibarial teeth and denticles in the armature. However this morphological approach was unable to individualize any population within S. clydei. The NJ trees based on both molecular markers individualized the specimens from the Aldabra group of islands in the Seychelles. Surprisingly, cyt b variability was not compatible with the known data about the complete submersion of Aldabra occurring relatively recently some 125,000 years ago. The settlement of these islands by S. clydei from continental Africa, the Middle East or Asia, and the value of mtDNA markers are discussed.
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- J Depaquit
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA4688 - USC "transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)", SFR Cap Santé, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA4688 - USC "transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)", SFR Cap Santé, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France; MIVEGEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-UM1-UM2, 911, avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France; Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA4688 - USC "transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)", SFR Cap Santé, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie (99UR/08-05), Département de Biologie Clinique, Faculté de Pharmacie de, Monastir 5000, Tunisia
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA4688 - USC "transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)", SFR Cap Santé, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA4688 - USC "transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)", SFR Cap Santé, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France; Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles et Matériaux, Institut des Sciences et de la Technologie, Centre Universitaire de Mila BP26 RP, 43000 Mila, Algeria
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA4688 - USC "transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR)", SFR Cap Santé, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, Tropical Medicine Branch, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-UM1-UM2, 911, avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Centre National de séquençage, Génoscope, 91000 Evry, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-UM1-UM2, 911, avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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- 63, avenue Pierre Sémard, 94210 La Varenne Saint Hilaire, France
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Augot D, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Gasser A, Depaquit J. Record of two species of Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) new for Madagascar and molecular study showing the paraphylies of the subgenus Oecacta and the Schultzei group. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 106:201-5. [PMID: 23893801 DOI: 10.1007/s13149-013-0302-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Culicoides are vectors of diseases of Veterinary Medicine importance (bluetongue, African horse sickness, Schmallenberg virus) all over the world. In the present study, we report two species new for Madagascar: C. nevilli and C. enderleini. They belong to the Schultzei group which is sometimes classified in the subgenus Oecacta and sometimes in the subgenus Remmia, depending on authors. Consequently, we carried out a molecular cladistics of these groups based on cytochrome C oxidase subunit I mtDNA sequences. We processed the Malagasy specimens and some C. furens (the Oecacta type-species) caught in Florida and we analyzed their sequences and those available in Genbank: C. schultzei, C. oxystoma, C. festivipennis, C. brunnicans, C. kibunensis, C. truncorum and C. vexans. C. (Avaritia) imicola have been selected as an outgroup. The maximum parsimony analysis showed the paraphylies of the Schultzei group (=Remmia) and of the subgenus Oecacta if the first group is excluded from the latter. Our results underline the doubtful current classification and need to be validated by other molecular markers in the future.
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- D Augot
- ANSES-LSA, Université Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, EA4688, SFR Cap Santé, Usc Transmission Vectorielle et épidemiosurveillance de maladies Parasitaires (VECPAR), Reims, France.
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Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Léger N, Robert V, Depaquit J. Phlebotomine sand flies from Madagascar (Diptera: Psychodidae). VII. An identification key for Phlebotomus with the description of Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) vaomalalae n. sp. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 20:6. [PMID: 23419267 PMCID: PMC3718522 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2013005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An identification key of the Phlebotomus in Madagascar is proposed as well as the description of the male and female Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) vaomalalae n. sp. from Mikea Forest in the south-west of Madagascar. The assignation of this new species to the genus Phlebotomus is based on the presence of mesanepisternal setae. Its inclusion in the subgenus Anaphlebotomus is based on the males on the presence of four spines on the style, the lack of a coxite basal process and the existence of a bifurcated paramere. The female has cibarial and pharyngeal armature and spermathecal architecture similar to Phlebotomus fertei and Phlebotomus berentiensis, two other Malagasy species which belong to Anaphlebotomus. Male and female are held to belong to the same species because of their morphological characters, the homology (100%) of their partial cytochrome b mtDNA sequences and their capture in the same trap. P. vaomalalae n. sp. is a small species compared to the other Phlebotomus species of Madagascar. The cibarium of the male and the female of P. vaomalalae n. sp. is armed with teeth, like those of other Malagasy Phlebotomus. However, it differs in the arrangement and shape of the respective teeth and denticles. The male of P. vaomalalae n. sp. looks like that of P. fontenillei due to its tuft of coxal setae (lacking in P. berentiensis and P. fertei) but differs from this species by the location of this tuft. As P. fertei and P. berentiensis, there is no spermathecal common duct in P. vaomalalae n. sp.
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- Fano José Randrianambinintsoa
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, ANSES, EA4688 - USC « Transmission vectorielle et épidémiosurveillance de maladies parasitaires (VECPAR) », 51 rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France - Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar - MIVEGEC, UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-UM1-UM2, 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Depaquit J, Brengues C, Dhondt C, Yahaya I, Ouledi A, Léger N, Robert V. First record of Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Comoros Archipelago with description of Sergentomyia (Vattieromyia) pessoni n. sp. and S. (Rondanomyia) goodmani comorensis n. ssp. Parasite 2012; 19:195-206. [PMID: 22910662 PMCID: PMC3671448 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2012193195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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No Phlebotomine sandflies had ever been reported in the Comoros Archipelago, including the three islands of the Republic of the Union of Comoros (Grande Comore, Mohéli and Anjouan) and the French oversea department of Mayotte. During three field surveys carried out in 2003, 2007 and 2011, we provided the first record of Phlebotomine sandflies in this area. A total of 85 specimens belonging to three species were caught: a new species S. (Vattieromyia) pessoni n. sp. (two females from Grande Comore), a new subspecies of Sergentomyia (Rondanomyia) goodmani (80 specimens from Grande Comore and one from Anjouan) and Grassomyia sp. (two females from Mohéli). The individualisation of these taxa was inferred both from morphological criteria and sequencing of a part of the cytochrome b of the mitochondrial DNA. These taxa are closely related to Malagasy sandflies.
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- F J Randrianambinintsoa
- Département de Biologie Animale, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar
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