Análisis molecular de las poblaciones de la especie invasora Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier, 1790 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) en la Región de Murcia (España)
- Miguel Lozano-Tero 1
- María Juliana Rodríguez-García 1
- José Galián 1
- 1 Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Universidad de Murcia
ISSN: 1138-3399, 1989-2128
Year of publication: 2017
Issue: 39
Pages: 155-176
Type: Article
More publications in: Anales de biología
Abstract
In this research two fragments of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COX1) gene of the mitochondrial DNA were analyzed in 61 individuals of the genus Rhynchophorus collected in the Region of Murcia with the aim of determining their origin. Phylogenetic analysis of fragment 1 of the samples collected in the Region of Murcia together with the available sequences in GenBank, indicated that these individuals correspond to the species R. ferrugineus. Sequences from Murcia collapsed into the H8 Mediterranean haplotype, which cluster into the R. ferrugineus clade. Phylogeographic analysis shows that the origin of the individuals collected in the Region of Murcia is Egypt. Additionally, a contiguous fragment of COX1 (fragment 2) was analyzed and the sequences collapsed into two haplotypes.