DNA barcoding of simulium asakoae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Northern Thailand

Low, Van Lun and Srisuka, Wichai and Saeung, Atiporn and Tan, Tiong Kai and Ya'cob, Zubaidah and Yeong, Yze Shiuan and Takaoka, Hiroyuki (2020) DNA barcoding of simulium asakoae (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Northern Thailand. Journal of Medical Entomology, 57 (5). pp. 1675-1678. ISSN 0022-2585, DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa081.

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Abstract

Previous studies suggested the presence of species complex in the so-called Simulium asakoaeTakaoka & Davies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Thailand due to its high morphological variability and genetic divergence. To investigate whether the true S. asakoae is present inThailand, we performed a detailed morphological identification of S. asakoae and compared its DNA barcodes with the morphospecies S. asakoae from Myanmar and the typical S. asakoae from Malaysia. Phylogenetic analysis revealed theThai materials analyzed in this study were indeed genetically similar with those from Myanmar and Malaysia, though genetic distances 0-2.27% were observed. We tentatively regard this divergence as intraspecific variation, and the automatic barcode gap discovery analysis further supports them as a single species.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: DNA barcode; COI gene; Black fly; Vector; Thailand
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre
Depositing User: Ms Zaharah Ramly
Date Deposited: 30 Nov 2023 07:30
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2023 07:30
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/36448

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