Molecular phylogenetics of the sucking louse genus Lemurpediculus (Insecta: Phthiraptera), ectoparasites of lemurs, with descriptions of three new species

Andrea Springer; Lance A. Durden; Frederik Kiene; Annette Klein; Romule Rakotondravony; Julian Ehlers; Stephen E. Greiman; Marina B. Blanco; Sarah Zohdy; Sharon E. Kessler; Christina Strube; Ute Radespiel

doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.02.002

Molecular phylogenetics of the sucking louse genus Lemurpediculus (Insecta: Phthiraptera), ectoparasites of lemurs, with descriptions of three new species

Andrea Springer, Lance A. Durden, Frederik Kiene, Annette Klein, Romule Rakotondravony, Julian Ehlers, Stephen E. Greiman, Marina B. Blanco, Sarah Zohdy, Sharon E. Kessler, Christina Strube, Ute Radespiel

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Sucking lice live in intimate association with their hosts and often display a high degree of host specificity. The present study investigated sucking lice of the genus Lemurpediculus from six mouse lemur (Microcebus) and two dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus) species endemic to the island of Madagascar, considered a biodiversity hotspot. Louse phylogenetic trees were created based on cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI), elongation factor 1α (EF1α) and internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) sequences. While clustering according to host species was generally observed for COI and ITS1, suggesting high host specificity of the examined lice, EF1α sequences alone did not distinguish between lice of different Microcebus species, possibly due to rather recent divergence. As bootstrap support for basal tree structure was rather low, further data are necessary to resolve the evolutionary history of louse-mouse lemur associations. Three new species of sucking lice are described: Lemurpediculus zimmermanni sp. Nov. From Microcebus ravelobensis, Lemurpediculus gerpi sp.nov. from Microcebus gerpi, and Lemurpediculus tsimanampesotsae sp. nov. from Microcebus griseorufus. These new species are compared with all known congeneric species and identifying features are illustrated for all known species of Lemurpediculus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	138-152
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.02.002
State	Published - Apr 2023

Keywords

Anoplura
Cheirogaleidae
Co-speciation
Host specificity
Madagascar
Microcebus

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Springer, A., Durden, L. A., Kiene, F., Klein, A., Rakotondravony, R., Ehlers, J., Greiman, S. E., Blanco, M. B., Zohdy, S., Kessler, S. E., Strube, C., & Radespiel, U. (2023). Molecular phylogenetics of the sucking louse genus Lemurpediculus (Insecta: Phthiraptera), ectoparasites of lemurs, with descriptions of three new species. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 20, 138-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.02.002

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Molecular phylogenetics of the sucking louse genus Lemurpediculus (Insecta: Phthiraptera), ectoparasites of lemurs, with descriptions of three new species. / Springer, Andrea; Durden, Lance A.; Kiene, Frederik et al.
In: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol. 20, 04.2023, p. 138-152.

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Molecular phylogenetics of the sucking louse genus Lemurpediculus (Insecta: Phthiraptera), ectoparasites of lemurs, with descriptions of three new species

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