Wing geometry as a tool for studying the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) complex

Riva, J De la; Pont, François Le; Ali, V; Matías, Abrahán; Mollinedo, S.; Dujardin, JP

doi:10.1590/s0074-02762001000800011

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“…geniculatus Mangabeira, 1941 that originated in two different geographical areas described that the analysis of canonical variates was able to separate the species when CV1 was observed and separate the geographical regions when CV2 was observed. In contrast, a study done by De la Riva et al (2001) with populations of species of Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutz & Neiva, 1912 using 5 anatomical landmarks on the wings showed an inability to separate populations from diverse geographical regions while, at the same time, managing to group these population into two groups, one with specimens of the most heterogeneous areas and the other with specimens from the more homogeneous areas. Prudhomme et al (2012) compared the wings of Phlebotomus papatasi in different regions of Morocco (North and South) using 16 anatomical landmarks on the wings.…”

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Comparative study of the phlebotomine sand fly species (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of the genera Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962, Bichromomyia Artemiev, 1991, and Migonemyia Galati, 1995, vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil

Godoy

Galati

Cordeiro‐Estrela

et al. 2014

Zootaxa

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Phlebotominae, a group of insects with great medical importance especially in Brazil, are responsible for transmitting causal agents of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. In Brazil, the most important species of Leishmania Ross, 1903 are L. (Viannia) braziliensis Vianna, 1911, whose main vectors are Nyssomyia intermedia Lutz & Neiva, 1912, Ny. neivai Pinto, 1926, Ny. whitmani Antunes & Coutinho, 1939 and Migonemyia migonei França, 1920 and L. (Leishmania) amazonensis Lainson & Shaw, 1972, for which Bichromomyia flaviscutellata Mangabeira, 1942 is the main vector. The present study sought to investigate the morphological as well as geometrical and linear morphometric characteristics of these five sand flies in an attempt to cluster these species. Our aim was to reveal some of the characters that might help identify these phlebotomine species and also be useful in future phylogenetic studies. Comparative analyses by linear and geometric morphometric characters allowed us to distinguish the genera of these sand flies and assess the taxonomic position of Ny. intermedia and Ny. neivai, the so-called "cryptic species". Significant differences were observed in several of the analyzed structures, including the centroid size of the wings and the ratio between the ejaculatory filament and its tip. Based on the linear morphometric analytical results, the size of the centroids of the wings and their shapes indicated that these three species of Nyssomyia are phenetically more similar to Mg. migonei (all vectors of L. (V.) braziliensis) than to Bi. flaviscutellata (vector of L. (L.) amazonensis). These results are in agreement with the division of the genera Nyssomyia and Bichromomyia.

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Comparative study of the phlebotomine sand fly species (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of the genera Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962, Bichromomyia Artemiev, 1991, and Migonemyia Galati, 1995, vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil

Godoy

Galati

Cordeiro‐Estrela

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“…Schrö derÕs study revealed a classiÞcation rate of 98% and a correct reassignment rate of 54%. Recently, the method of geometric morphometry was successfully applied to studies of ßies and beetles (De la Riva et al 2001, Garnier et al 2005. Garnier et al (2005) used the method to clariÞed the phylogeographic history of a ground beetle (differentiation within two different glacial refuges and recolonization routes).…”

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“…The authors used the shape of the aedeagus and the pronotum for their morphometric analyses. Del la Riva et al (2001) used wing morphology to differentiate ßy populations in South America and reclaimed the morphometric analyses as a successful and less expensive tool in comparison with molecular methods.…”

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Differentiation and Range Expansion of North American Squash Bee, Peponapis Pruinosa (Apidae: Apiformes) Populations Assessed by Geometric Wing Morphometry

Bischoff

Schröder

Misof

2009

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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We studied the differentiation of North American squash bee (Apidae: Apiformes) populations by using geometric wing morphometry to evaluate hypotheses for the origin and possible expansion route of bees after the dispersal of their Cucurbita floral hosts. Two hypotheses consider the possible impact of early human cultures on the distribution of this mutualistic species complex: 1) the geographic range of the bees naturally expanded after the hypsithermal range expansion of the wild buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth; or 2) the bees shifted to mesophytic gourds of the C. pepo group at the Mexican Gulf coast and tracked the cultivation and/or trade by early human hunter-gatherer societies in the context of fishing technology along stream valleys to northeastern America. We morphometrically measured 228 specimens of Peponapis pruinosa (Say) collected at 15 sites between Mississippi and Ontario, Canada. Twenty-three landmarks were taken from the right forewings. The resulting measurements were analyzed by multivariate statistics. Our results support the first hypothesis of a western origin of North American squash bee populations and a mainly natural range expansion during the hypsithermal range expansion of the buffalo gourd.

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“…After superimposition, the landmark configurations differ only in shape and can be analysed by multivariate statistical methods (Rohlf and Marcus 1993;Zelditch et al 2004). Wing shape variation of insects at different taxonomic levels have been studied using GM (De La Riva et al 2001;Pretorius and Scholtz 2001;Monteiro et al 2002;Houle et al 2003;Schachter-Broide et al 2004;Pretorius 2005;Aytekin et al 2007;Sadeghi et al 2009). In addition, wing shape variation based on GM has been used to discriminate and identify honeybee subspecies (Francoy et al 2008;Tofilski 2008), the heritability of wing shape (Monteiro et al 2002) and the influence of hybridization on fluctuating asymetry (Schneider et al 2003).…”

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Reevaluation of honeybee (Apis mellifera) microtaxonomy: a geometric morphometric approach

2011

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In the present study, the microtaxonomy of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) subspecies was reevaluated based on a geometric morphometric method. Wing images of honeybee subspecies, obtained from the Morphometric Bee Data Bank in Oberursel, Germany, were assigned to four honeybee lineages from the indivudial images, and 40 Cartesian coordinates were obtained. Honeybee lineages were significantly different based on individual and colony consensus average wing shapes of honeybee subspecies (P<0.001). According to the discriminant function analysis of honeybee lineages, the A lineage and M lineage showed some degree of overlap. Multivariate statistical analysis displayed that Apis mellifera intermissa, a member of M lineage, seemed to belong to the A lineage. In addition, Apis mellifera sicula, a member of C lineage; Apis mellifera sahariensis, a member of M lineage; and Apis mellifera syriaca, a member of O lineage, were located closer to the A lineage rather than to their own lineages. In the previous studies, the results of principal component analysis of morphometric data and the mtDNA analysis of honeybee subspecies supported these subspecific affinities. Thus, geometric morphometric analysis of wing shape could be used as a reliable tool to discriminate among honeybee subspecies and may have advantages over standard morphometry.Apis mellifera / geometric morphometric / landmark / subspecies / discriminant function analysis

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Wing geometry as a tool for studying the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) complex

Abstract: Toro Toro (T) and Yungas (Y) have been described as genetically well differentiated populations of the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912)

Cited by 48 publications

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Comparative study of the phlebotomine sand fly species (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of the genera Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962, Bichromomyia Artemiev, 1991, and Migonemyia Galati, 1995, vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil

Comparative study of the phlebotomine sand fly species (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of the genera Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962, Bichromomyia Artemiev, 1991, and Migonemyia Galati, 1995, vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil

Differentiation and Range Expansion of North American Squash Bee, Peponapis Pruinosa (Apidae: Apiformes) Populations Assessed by Geometric Wing Morphometry

Reevaluation of honeybee (Apis mellifera) microtaxonomy: a geometric morphometric approach

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