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Molecular systematics of the Phlebotomine sandflies of the subgenus Paraphlebotomus (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotomus) based on ITS2 rDNA sequences. Hypotheses of dispersion and speciation
Author(s) -
Depaquit J.,
Ferté H.,
Léger N.,
KillickKendrick R.,
Rioux J.A.,
KillickKendrick M.,
Hanafi H. A.,
Gobert S.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
insect molecular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2583
pISSN - 0962-1075
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00179.x
Subject(s) - subgenus , psychodidae , biology , phlebotomus , phylogenetic tree , systematics , zoology , entomology , sister group , molecular phylogenetics , phylogenetics , evolutionary biology , botany , taxonomy (biology) , leishmaniasis , leishmania , clade , parasite hosting , genetics , gene , world wide web , computer science
Phylogenetic Paraphlebotomus relationships are inferred by a study based on the sequences of ITS2, which has been sequenced in nine Paraphlebotomus species: P. alexandri , P. andrejevi , P. jacusieli , P. kazeruni , P. mireillae , P. mongolensis , P. saevus , P. sergenti and P. similis and in two out‐groups species of the subgenus Phlebotomus: P. papatasi and P. duboscqi . Paraphlebotomus alexandri appears as the sister group of all other Paraphlebotomus sandflies. Among the other species, three groupings are clearly highlighted: andrejevi and mongolensis; mireillae and saevus; jacusieli , kazeruni , sergenti and similis . These groupings are related to speculations about the migration of Paraphlebotomus from a centre of dispersion located in the Middle East sometime from the early Eocene to the late Miocene.