Molecular cophylogenetic relationships between European bats and their ectoparasitic mites (Acari, Spinturnicidae)

Bruyndonckx, Nadia; Dubey, Sylvain; Rüedi, Manuel; Christe, Philippe

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.02.005

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“…Host-switching can sometimes be tied in with ecology. Instances of host-switching in Spinturnix mites seemed to be associated with similar roosting habits of their bat hosts (Bruyndonckx et al 2009 ). Whether the mite tree matches the host tree may depend on the data used to create the host phylogeny.…”

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Animals as Habitats

Walter

Proctor

2013

Mites: Ecology, Evolution &Amp; Behaviour

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To most non-biologists, a 'mite' is an almost invisible creature that lives in the carpet and gives you asthma or that burrows in your skin to produce socially unacceptable scabies. Cat owners may curse the ear mites that infest their pets and those who know that ticks are mites may mention Lyme Disease. Such medically important associations between mites and mammals are discussed in most parasitology texts, and mites associated with human diseases are discussed in our Chap. 10 ; therefore, in this chapter we cover ticks and other human-and livestock-associated mites superfi cially, concentrating instead on lesser known relationships between mites and the animals they use for room and board. These associations are not always negative; in fact, many seemingly parasitic mites have no impact on their hosts or may even be benefi cial (see section " Mutualism ", below).One of the recurring themes of this book is that mites live in the most astonishing places. This is particularly apparent among animal-associated acarines. A complete list of associations between mites and other animals would occupy an entire book but to whet the reader's appetite we have provided Table 9.1 , where we list the associations that acarologists use to shock jaded students or to start conversations at dull parties. After perusing this list many will be compelled to exclaim, 'What's a mite doing there?' or 'How did a mite get there?'. The fi rst question is a proximate one -what is the ecology of the symbiotic mite? -and the second an ultimate one -what evolutionary history and selective pressures have resulted in this association? In the fi rst section of this chapter we discuss the ecological terminology dealing with symbiosis and then outline some major hypotheses about how different symbioses may evolve. The next two sections discuss the life histories and behaviour of mites associated with invertebrates and vertebrates respectively and the fourth section surveys the diverse effects that parasitic mites have on their hosts. Finally, the last section addresses the topic of coevolution between hosts and symbionts from an acarine point of view.

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Section: Cospeciationmentioning

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Animals as Habitats

Walter

Proctor

2013

Mites: Ecology, Evolution &Amp; Behaviour

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“…However, Bruyndonckx et al (2009Bruyndonckx et al ( , 2010 found hints of co-speciation even between European bats and their ectoparasitic mites (Guiller and Deunff 2010). On this smaller scale, patterns are not always as clear as demonstrated by a study on co-speciation patterns of nycteribiid bat flies and their host bats in Japan.…”

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Macroparasites of Microchiroptera: Bat Ectoparasites of Central and South America

Frank

Münster

Schulze

et al. 2013

Bats (Chiroptera) as Vectors of Diseases and Parasites

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The highest density of bat species in the world is reached in South and Central America. Representatives of nine families occur in this gigantic region between the southern part of the continental twin and the land bridge to North America. They display a high degree of ecological variance: exemplified by species with extensive or endemic distributions, specialist and generalist feeding habits, colonial and solitary roosting, and those that are migratory or permanently resident. However, they are all exposed to the deleterious effects of parasites. In terms of the number of species and higher taxa, the diversity of parasites considerably exceeds that of their hosts. A total of 172 bat species of 9 families as hosts and 273 ectoparasite species are summarised in this review. We included data from 20 South and Central American countries. Of foremost importance are Diptera of the families Nycteribiidae and Streblidae with 187 different species. For the last mentioned family, we recorded more than 61 % of the worldwide known species. Further, fleas (Siphonaptera) (8 species), bugs (Hemiptera) (4 species) and Arachnida of the orders Ixodida and Mesostigmata (74 species) are also represented. The large numbers of species, like Basilia carteri, belong to the two families of Diptera, which parasitise only on bats. Together with their high degree of specialisation, it is an indication for their high rate of adaptation. Investigations on the parasite fauna of bats have been conducted in the named areas with different frequency and intensity. This chapter contains a reference list of the bats that have been scientifically studied in South and Central America so far, with respect to their associated parasites. We

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“…mosquitoes (Pal and Fikrig, 2003). Third, lineages of parasites may form as populations undergo radiating adaptation to a number of host species, as for Spinturnix mites and bats (Bruyndonckx et al, 2009) and between chewing lice and pocket gophers (Hafner and Page, 1995). This adaptation may occur through a process of strict cospeciation resulting in host and parasite phylogenies that are perfectly congruent, although this scenario is rare and also difficult to demonstrate (de Vienne et al, 2013).…”

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Phylogenetic and geographic patterns of bartonella host shifts among bat species

McKee

Hayman

Kosoy

et al. 2016

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

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The influence of factors contributing to parasite diversity in individual hosts and communities are increasingly studied, but there has been less focus on the dominant processes leading to parasite diversification. Using bartonella infections in bats as a model system, we explored the influence of three processes that can contribute to bartonella diversification and lineage formation: (1) spatial correlation in the invasion and transmission of bartonella among bats (phylogeography); (2) divergent adaptation of bartonellae to bat hosts and arthropod vectors; and (3) evolutionary codivergence between bats and bartonellae. Using a combination of global fit techniques and ancestral state reconstruction, we found that codivergence appears to be the dominant process leading to diversification of bartonella in bats, with lineages of bartonellae corresponding to separate bat suborders, superfamilies, and families. Furthermore, we estimated the rates at which bartonellae shift bat hosts across taxonomic scales (suborders, superfamilies, and families) and found that transition rates decrease with increasing taxonomic distance, providing support for a mechanism that can contribute to the observed evolutionary congruence between bats and their associated bartonellae. While bartonella diversification is associated with host sympatry, the influence of this factor is minor compared to the influence of codivergence and there is a clear indication that some bartonella lineages span multiple regions, particularly between Africa and Southeast Asia. Divergent adaptation of bartonellae to bat hosts and arthropod vectors is apparent and can dilute the overall pattern of codivergence, however its importance in the formation of Bartonella lineages in bats is small relative to codivergence. We argue that exploring all three of these processes yields a more complete understanding of bat-bartonella relationships and the evolution of the genus Bartonella, generally. Application of these methods to other infectious bacteria and viruses could uncover common processes that lead to parasite diversification and the formation of host-parasite relationships.

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Molecular cophylogenetic relationships between European bats and their ectoparasitic mites (Acari, Spinturnicidae)

Cited by 74 publications

References 83 publications

Animals as Habitats

Animals as Habitats

Macroparasites of Microchiroptera: Bat Ectoparasites of Central and South America

Phylogenetic and geographic patterns of bartonella host shifts among bat species

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