Open AccessMOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF GALL-FORMING APHIDS TRIBE FORDINI (HOMOPTERA, APHIDIDAE, ERIOSOMATINAE) ON PISTACIA TREES FROM KURDISTAN REGION NORTH OF IRAQ
Author(s) -
Hayder B. Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iraqi journal of agricultural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2410-0862
pISSN - 0075-0530
DOI - 10.36103/ijas.v51ispecial.896
Subject(s) - aphididae , biology , aphid , monophyly , botany , homoptera , pistacia , taxonomy (biology) , clade , gall , molecular phylogenetics , phylogenetics , zoology , pest analysis , gene , biochemistry
Four aphid species belonging to the Tribe Fordini (Homoptera, Aphididae, Eriosomatinae) induce galls on Pistacia trees in North Iraq (Kurdistan) were recorded in this study. Molecular phylogeny of Iraq Fordini species was constructed for These species (Forda riccobonii, Paracletus cimiciformis, Baizongia pistaciae and Forda marginata), based on sequences of mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) gene of these aphid species to detect the relationship and taxonomy of Iraqi species for tribe Fordini. Our results confirmed that each of Forda and Paracletus are a sister genus, or monophyletic group by designing in same clade, while B. pistaciae is separate from other clades, supporting the taxonomic division of the tribe Fordini into two subtribes (Fordina and Baizongina).