Associations between different Laelapidae (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssoidea) mites and small rodents from Lithuania

Kaminskienė, Evelina; Radzijevskaja, Jana; Stanko, Michał; Balčiauskas, Linas; Paulauskas, Algimantas

doi:10.1007/s10493-020-00493-3

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“…Laelapidae belongs to Animalia, Arthropoda, Arachnida, Acari, Parasitiformes, Gamasina, Dermanyssoidea [1,2]. The family Laelapidae describes a large number of species, consisting of about 90 genera and more than 1300 species [3]. The general ecological habits and basic life history processes of mites of the family Laelapidae are five stages: egg, larvae, first nymph, second nymph and adults [4].…”

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Divergence time of mites of the family Laelapidae based on mitochondrial barcoding region

2023

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Using the mitochondrial barcoding region to correlate research with 58 species in 19 genera of the family Laelapidae with the aim of determining the origin, phylogenetic relationships, and biogeographic historical distribution characteristics of mites in the family Laelapidae. Phylogenetic trees were obtained using Bayesian inference (BI) and Maximum-likelihood (ML) methods, based on three fossil records calibrated as molecular clock nodes, to estimate the divergence time of mites in the family Laelapidae as well as to apply Dispersal-Extinction-Cladogenesis (DEC) analyses to obtain biogeographic history inferences. The result showed species of the genera Hyperlaelaps and Haemolaelaps and some species of the genus Androlaelaps in the family Laelapidae were divided into clades of the genus Laelaps in both the BI and ML trees. Divergence time estimates and biogeographic history analysis revealed that the family Laelapidae likely diverged from other taxa during the Middle Jurassic (ca. 156.73 Mya), with Asia considered the most likely ancestral region for the family Laelapidae. Species of various genera began to undergo massive diversification events during the Cenozoic Tertiary. The results suggest that some genera in the family Laelapidae need to be re-defined or new genera need to be established; the Late Cretaceous to Late Neogene warm period would have promoted the divergence and expansion of species in the family Laelapidae. The divergence and dispersal of the family Laelapidae species is most likely a joint response to the continued northward drift of the Indian plate away from the Gondwana paleo-continent and gradually closer to Asia during the Late Cretaceous and the geological activity of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic Tertiary. The results strengthen our understanding of the origin and evolution of species in the family Laelapidae.

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Divergence time of mites of the family Laelapidae based on mitochondrial barcoding region

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“…Based on published data, at least 21 parasitic mite species belonging to the Laelapidae family have been morphologically identified in Lithuania [ 32 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ]. This study provides the first molecular characterization of eight species of laelapid mites collected from different rodent hosts in Lithuania.…”

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Molecular Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of Laelapidae Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Kaminskienė

Radzijevskaja

Griciuvienė

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The family Laelapidae (Dermanyssoidea) is morphologically and ecologically the most diverse group of Mesostigmata mites. Although molecular genetic data are widely used in taxonomic identification and phylogenetic analysis, most classifications in Mesostigmata mites are based solely on morphological characteristics. In the present study, eight species of mites from the Laelapidae (Dermanyssoidea) family collected from different species of small rodents in Lithuania, Norway, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic were molecularly characterized using the nuclear (28S ribosomal RNA) and mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene) markers. Obtained molecular data from 113 specimens of mites were used to discriminate between species and investigate the phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity among Laelapidae mites from six genera. This study provides new molecular data on Laelaps agilis, Laelaps hilaris, Laelaps jettmari, Haemogamasus nidi, Eulaelaps stabularis, Hyperlaelaps microti, Myonyssus gigas, and Hirstionyssus sp. mites collected from different rodent hosts and geographical regions in Europe.

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“…Earlier studies concerning the nidicolous (i.e., nest-dwelling) fauna of mammal burrows and warrens were mostly focused on small mammals dwelling in underground nests (Hackman 1963;Bartkowska 1986;Mašán and Stanko 2005;Mąkol et al 2010;Kaminskienė et al 2020). The nest fauna is usually represented by species whose reproductive cycles are closely connected with the burrow host, so it may be host-specific, numerously represented by ectoparasites (Howell 1960;Hancox 1980Hancox , 1988Cox et al 1999) or saprotrophic taxa connected with organic material hoarded in chambers (Seastedt et al 1986).…”

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Underground diversity: Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from European badger (Meles meles) nests

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Badgers can gather huge quantities of organic material to build their nests for winter time and to rear their cubs. Moreover, badger burrows (setts) are characterized by specific microclimate with quite stable temperature and humidity. Their fauna is poorly studied, especially in respect of saprobiontic Uropodina mites. In 2018–2019, we monitored 94 badger setts to search for nest material that had been thrown away during cleaning of the chambers after mating and winter sleep. In the collected material from 32 badger nests, we found 413 Uropodina mites of 16 species, in various stages of development (adults, protonymphs, and deutonymphs). The community was dominated by three mite species: Trematura patavina (22.5%, n = 93), Oodinychus ovalis (17.2%, n = 71), and Olodiscus minima (15.5%, n = 64). Other nidicolous—i.e., nest-dwelling—species included: Nenteria oudemansi (14.8%, n = 61), Phaulodiaspis borealis (7.0%, n = 29), Phaulodiaspis rackei (4.6%, n = 19), Uroseius hunzikeri (1.7%, n = 7), Uropoda orbicularis (1.5%, n = 6), and Apionoseius infirmus (1.0%, n = 4). The most frequent species were: Oodinychus ovalis (62.5%, 20 nests), N. oudemansi (46.9%, 15 nests), and Olodiscus minima (40.6%, 13 nests). Detrended correspondence analysis indicated that the Uropodina community from badger nests differed from that of mole nests, studied earlier. In setts, the Uropodina community included T. patavina and N. oudemansi, which were for the first time recorded from underground badger nests. This is the first record of N. oudemansi from Poland.

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Associations between different Laelapidae (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssoidea) mites and small rodents from Lithuania

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

Divergence time of mites of the family Laelapidae based on mitochondrial barcoding region

Divergence time of mites of the family Laelapidae based on mitochondrial barcoding region

Molecular Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of Laelapidae Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Underground diversity: Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from European badger (Meles meles) nests

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