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Similarities among ectoparasite fauna of sigmodontine rodents: phylogenetic and geographical influences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2012

LEONARDO DOMINICI CRUZ ,
FERNANDA RODRIGUES FERNANDES  and
ARÍCIO XAVIER LINHARES
LEONARDO DOMINICI CRUZ*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
FERNANDA RODRIGUES FERNANDES
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Instituo de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
ARÍCIO XAVIER LINHARES
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
*
*Corresponding author: Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Campus de São Bernardo, Rua Projetada, s/n, Perímetro Urbano, 65550000, São Bernardo, Maranhão, Brazil. Tel: +55 98 34771513. E-mail: leonardo.dominici@gmail.com
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Summary

Phylogenetic and geographical overlaps in host distributions influence the compositional similarity of ectoparasite fauna in a host–parasite system. In these systems, hosts that are more closely related (phylogenetically) are expected to share more parasitic species than more distantly related hosts. Similarly, hosts sharing a larger geographical distribution overlap are expected to have similar ectoparasites. This study investigated the influence of phylogeny (divergence time) and geographical overlap of some neotropical sigmodontine rodent species on the similarities among their ectoparasite fauna (Mesostigmata and Siphonaptera), using a partial Mantel test. Divergence time was the only significant factor that influenced the similarity among the ectoparasites, when mites and fleas were analysed together. Host species that had diverged more recently displayed ectoparasite fauna that were similar. The similarities of the flea species showed similar results in both separate and joint analyses, but neither phylogenetic nor geographical overlap influenced the similarity in mite species. Fleas were shown to be more host-specific than were mesostigmate mites, probably because of the increased influence of host phylogeny.

Keywords

fleageographical overlapmammalmitephylogeny
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 139 , Issue 13 , November 2012 , pp. 1749 - 1756
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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