Phylogeny of the subfamily Streblidae (Diptera: Streblidae) and the history of host-parasite associations

• Grant number: 16/20792-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2017
• End date: August 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Silvio Shigueo Nihei
• Grantee: Daniel Maximo Corrêa de Alcantara
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

With a complicated boundary and a complex morphology, Streblinae has undergone several changes in its classification. Currently, it has four genera and 35 species and there are still doubts about the actual size of the subfamily. The few phylogenetic studies for the family Streblidae, had no adequate sampling of species to answer questions related to the subfamily Streblinae. Thus, the positio of the subfamily is poorly defined and the relationships between the genera are not known. Also, the history linking the species of Streblinae to their hosts is little known and only based on an optimization of the distribution of parasites on the classification of hosts. In view of recent advances in the use of the complete mitochondrial genome in phylogenetic studies in Diptera and the advantages of combining morphological and molecular data, the project aims to test the monophyly of Streblinae in order to delimit the subfamily, propose a hypothesis of relationship between the genera of Streblinae and propose a hypothesis of historical association between the genera of the subfamily and their hosts through trees reconciliation analysis.

Scientific publications

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CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; ANTUNES, MANUEL, JR.; TOMA, RONALDO; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. Biogeographical events, not cospeciation, might be the main drivers in the historical association between Noctiliostrebla species (Streblidae) and their bulldog bat hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 137, n. 4, p. 20-pg., 2022-11-01. (16/20792-7, 13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO CORREA; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; TOMA, RONALDO; SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA. Sex-biased parasitism, host mass and mutualistic bat flies: an antagonistic individual-based network of bat-bat fly interactions. International Journal for Parasitology, v. 52, n. 4, p. 8-pg., 2022-03-06. (11/16621-9, 13/05131-6, 16/20792-7)

TREVISAN, BRUNA; ALCANTARA, DANIEL M. C.; MACHADO, DENIS JACOB; MARQUES, FERNANDO P. L.; LAHR, DANIEL J. G.. Genome skimming is a low-cost and robust strategy to assemble complete mitochondrial genomes from ethanol preserved specimens in biodiversity studies. PeerJ, v. 7, SEP 13 2019. (16/20792-7, 13/04585-3, 17/11063-4, 18/03534-0)

Academic Publications

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ALCANTARA, Daniel Maximo Corrêa de. Phylogeny of the subfamily Streblinae (Diptera: Streblidae) and historical host-parasite association. 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.