Promiscuous specialists: Host specificity patterns among generalist louse flies
| Autor: | Jari Valkama, Pekka Pohjola, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Marko Mutanen, Jaakko L. O. Pohjoismäki |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Zoology, Finnish Museum of Natural History |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Topography Range (biology) Molecular biology Social Sciences Marine and Aquatic Sciences Evolutionary biology Louse Disease Vectors Generalist and specialist species 01 natural sciences Geographical locations Habits Medical Conditions Medicine and Health Sciences Psychology Finland Phylogeny media_common Molecular systematics 0303 health sciences Computer and information sciences biology Animal Behavior Hippoboscidae Eukaryota Insects Europe Infectious Diseases 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology Vertebrates Medicine Lice Research Article Freshwater Environments Arthropoda MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY Science media_common.quotation_subject Ornithomya avicularia Evolutionary systematics Zoology Animal Sexual Behavior ECOLOGY 010603 evolutionary biology Data management Competition (biology) FLY Host Specificity Birds Nesting Habits 03 medical and health sciences GENUS biology.animal Animals DNA Barcoding Taxonomic DNA barcoding European Union Ecosystem 030304 developmental biology Taxonomy Behavior Landforms Host (biology) Diptera fungi Ecology and Environmental Sciences Organisms Biology and Life Sciences Aquatic Environments Geomorphology biology.organism_classification Invertebrates Ornithomya Insect Vectors Research and analysis methods Species Interactions Molecular biology techniques Wetlands Amniotes Earth Sciences Animal Migration People and places Entomology CRATAERINA-PALLIDA |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e0247698 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Ectoparasites such as louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) have tendency for host specialization, which is driven by adaptation to host biology as well as competition avoidance between parasites of the same host. However, some louse fly species, especially in genera attacking birds, show wide range of suitable hosts. In the presented study, we have surveyed the current status of bird attacking louse flies in Finland to provide comprehensive host association data to analyse the ecological requirements of the generalist species. A thorough sampling of 9342 birds, representing 134 species, recovered 576 specimens of louse flies, belonging to six species: Crataerina hirundinis, C. pallida, Ornithomya avicularia, O. chloropus, O. fringillina and Ornithophila metallica. Despite some overlapping hosts, the three Ornithomya species showed a notable pattern in their host preference, which was influenced not only by the host size but also by the habitat and host breeding strategy. We also provide DNA barcodes for most Finnish species of Hippoboscidae, which can be used as a resource for species identification as well as metabarcoding studies in the future. |
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