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Study of COI sequences from endemic New Zealand aphids highlights high mitochondrial DNA diversity in Rhopalosiphina (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

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posted on 2023-05-03, 10:13 authored by Colleen Podmore, Ian Hogg, Gabrielle M. Drayton, Barbara BarrattBarbara Barratt, Ian ScottIan Scott, Robert Foottit, David Teulon, Simon Bulman
Focussed searches were made across New Zealand between 2013 and 2016, for endemic aphids from the Schizaphis (Rhopalosiphina) genus, which is currently represented by two putative, undescribed species from the endemic host plants Aciphylla and Dracophyllum. Cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene sequences (48 in total) from the Schizaphis were analysed together with those from a broader collection of New Zealand endemic aphids that has been assembled since the year 2000. The bulk of the Schizaphis belonged to two clusters corresponding to the host plant genera. Two aphids from central North Island Dracophyllum represented a much diverged lineage without clear affiliations to other New Zealand Schizaphis. Inter-population variation in the New Zealand Schizaphis was high compared with that seen in international studies of Aphidinae and among populations of other endemic New Zealand Aphidina. Within Schizaphis from Dracophyllum, geography played an apparent role in genetic structuring, with populations from Taranaki (North Island) and especially Mt Lyford (South Island) being divergent from those on the South Island main divide. Two distinct lineages of Schizaphis, which co-occurred at some sites, were found on Aciphylla. Our sequence comparisons, including GMYC analyses, indicated up to five New Zealand Schizaphis lineages, and two newly discovered endemic Aphis species from the host plants Clematis and Hebe.

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© 2018 The Royal Society of New Zealand

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  • English

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  • No

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Taylor & Francis Group

Journal title

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

ISSN

0301-4223

Citation

Podmore, C., Hogg, I. D., Drayton, G. M., Barratt, B. I. P., Scott, I. A. W., Foottit, R. G., Teulon, D. A. J., & Bulman, S. R. (2019). Study of COI sequences from endemic New Zealand aphids highlights high mitochondrial DNA diversity in Rhopalosiphina (Hemiptera: Aphididae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 46(2), 107-123. doi:10.1080/03014223.2018.1510843

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