Correction: Phylogeographic Pattern and Extensive Mitochondrial DNA Divergence Disclose a Species Complex within the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma dimidiata
Year: 2013
Type: erratum
Abstract: Background: Triatoma dimidiata is among the main vectors of Chagas disease in Latin America.However, and despite important advances, there is no consensus about the taxonomic status of phenotypically divergent T. dimidiata populations, which in most recent papers are regarded as subspecies. Methodology and Findings:A total of 126 cyt b sequences (621 bp long) were produced for specimens from across the species range.Forty-seven selected specimens representing the main cyt b clades observed (after a preliminary phylogenetic analysis) were also sequenced for an ND4 fragment (554 bp long) and concatenated with their respective cyt b sequences to produce a combined data set totalling 1175 bp/individual.Bayesian and Maximum-Likelihood phylogenetic analyses of both data sets (cyt b, and cyt b+ND4) disclosed four strongly divergent (all pairwise Kimura 2-parameter distances .0.08), monophyletic groups: Group I occurs from Southern Mexico through Central America into Colombia, with Ecuadorian specimens resembling Nicaraguan material; Group II includes samples from Western-Southwestern Mexico; Group III comprises specimens from the Yucata ´n peninsula; and Group IV consists of sylvatic samples from Belize.The closely-related, yet formally recognized species T. hegneri from the island of Cozumel falls within the divergence range of the T. dimidiata populations studied. Conclusions:We propose that Groups I-IV, as well as T. hegneri, should be regarded as separate species.In the Pete ´n of Guatemala, representatives of Groups I, II, and III occur in sympatry; the absence of haplotypes with intermediate genetic distances, as shown by multimodal mismatch distribution plots, clearly indicates that reproductive barriers actively promote within-group cohesion.Some sylvatic specimens from Belize belong to a different species -likely the basal lineage of the T. dimidiata complex, originated ,8.25 Mya.The evidence presented here strongly supports the proposition that T. dimidiata is a complex of five cryptic species (Groups I-IV plus T. hegneri) that play different roles as vectors of Chagas disease in the region.
Source: PLoS ONE
Authors: Fernando A. Monteiro, Tatiana Peretolchina, Cristiano Lazoski, Kecia Harris, Ellen M. Dotson, Fernando Abad-Franch, Elsa Tamayo, Pamela M. Pennington, Carlota Monroy, Celia Cordon-Rosales, Paz Maria Salazar-Schettino, Andrés Gómez-Palacio, Mario J. Grijalva, Charles B. Beard, Paula L. Marcet
Institutions: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Limnological Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Fiocruz Amazônia, Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario del Sur, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ohio University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,382
OpenAlex ID: W4232431957