Cytotaxonomy of the Brasiliensis subcomplex and the Triatoma brasiliensis complex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

dc.contributor.authorAlevi, Kaio C. C. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRosa, Joao A. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Maria Tercília Vilela de Azeredo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-03T13:11:07Z
dc.date.available2014-12-03T13:11:07Z
dc.date.issued2014-07-22
dc.description.abstractWe analyzed the classical cytotaxonomy of the Brasiliensis subcomplex (Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, T. juazeirensis Costa & Felix, T. melanica Costa, Argolo & Felix, T. melanocephala Neiva & Pinto, T. petrochiae Pinto & Barreto, T. lenti Sherlock & Serafim, T. sherlocki Papa, Jurberg, Carcavallo, Cerqueira & Barata, T. tibiamaculata Pinto and T. vitticeps Stal) and the T. brasiliensis complex (T. b. brasiliensis, T. b. macromelasoma Neiva & Lent, T. juazeirensis, T. melanica and T. sherlocki). The five members of the T. brasiliensis complex share the same cytogenetic characteristics. Merely T. sherlocki show differences in spermatids, which confirms the status of more differentiated member of the complex. T. lenti also presented the same cytogenetic characteristics described for the species of the T. brasiliensis complex, which supports possible grouping of the species as sixth member of the complex, although further analysis as molecular and experimental crosses are needed to corroborate this hypothesis. T. petrochiae, T. vitticeps, T. tibiamaculata and T. melanocephala presented one or more characteristics that allow questioning grouping in the proposed Brasiliensis subcomplex. Thus, we suggested that Brasiliensis subcomplex and T. brasiliensis complex should be constituted by the same triatomines (T. b. brasiliensis, T. b. macromelasoma, T. juazeirensis, T. melanica and T. sherlocki). However, we draw attention to T. lenti and suggest that although new analyzes should be performed, possibly this species is the sixth member of the T. brasiliensis complex.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Biol, Lab Biol Celular, BR-15054000 Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut, Dept Ciencias Biol, Lab Parasitol, BR-14801902 Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, Dept Biol, Lab Biol Celular, BR-15054000 Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut, Dept Ciencias Biol, Lab Parasitol, BR-14801902 Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 13/19764-0
dc.format.extent583-589
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.7
dc.identifier.citationZootaxa. Auckland: Magnolia Press, v. 3838, n. 5, p. 583-589, 2014.
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.lattes6045437265946340
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/112877
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000339154500007
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMagnolia Press
dc.relation.ispartofZootaxa
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.931
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,259
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectCytogeneticen
dc.subjectSpermatogenesisen
dc.subjectTriatoma lentien
dc.titleCytotaxonomy of the Brasiliensis subcomplex and the Triatoma brasiliensis complex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderMagnolia Press
unesp.author.lattes6045437265946340
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-2111-638X[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-8333-3764[1]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Araraquarapt
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas, São José do Rio Pretopt

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