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| Author(s): |
Daniel Máximo Corrêa de Alcântara
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) |
| Defense date: | 2014-06-02 |
| Examining board members: |
Silvio Shigueo Nihei;
Daniela Maeda Takiya;
Michel Paiva Valim
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| Advisor: | Silvio Shigueo Nihei |
| Abstract | |
Noctiliostrebla Wenzel 1966 belongs to Streblida, a family of batflies, and currently comprises four species divided into two groups, group A: Noctiliostrebla dubia (Rudow, 1871) and N. traubi Wenzel, 1966; Group B: N. aitkeni. Wenzel, 1966 and N. maai Wenzel, 1966. The genus is included within the Trichobiinae subfamily, along with Paradyschiria Speiser, 1900, suggested as your hypothetical sister group. With a complicated systematic classification and a few taxonomic studies, Noctiliostrebla is characterized as a very homogeneous group and difficult to distinguish between their species. Restricted to the American continent, exhibits a high degree of specificity with the only two bats species of the genus Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766, N. albiventris Desmarest, 1818 and N. leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758). There are no phylogenetic works with Noctiliostrebla and the only studies involving Streblidae were made to propose a relationship hypothesis among Hippoboscoidea families. The project aims to conduct a taxonomic revision of the Noctilostrebla genus and to rebuild a relationship hypothesis among Noctilostrebla species using morphological and molecular data set, with three mitochondrial genes (12S, COI and cytB) and one nuclear gene (CAD). Two analysis methods were used: parsimony with equal weighting of characters and lielihood. The analyses were performed using morphological and molecular data separate, while the molecular data were analyzed with concatenated genes and separated into mitochondrial and nuclear genes. As a result, the four described species were considered valid being here redescribed, and six new species have been described. Of all eleven species, five are restricted parasites of N. albiventris and six are restricted parasites of N. leporinus. The abdominal structures provided the only diagnostic characters found for separation of the species. Both morphological and molecular analysis recovered a monophyletic Noctiliostrebla and supported the division of the genus into two distinct clades. The analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genes showed inconsistent clades, which may be indicative of different phylogenetic histories. The results obtained for Noctiliostrebla showed similarities with the assumptions for the hosts (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/16621-9 - Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the genus Noctiliostrebla Wenzel, 1966 (Diptera; Streblidae) |
| Grantee: | Daniel Maximo Corrêa de Alcantara |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |