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Título: | >More than meets the eye>: Cryptic diversity and contrasting patterns of host-specificity in feather mites inhabiting seabirds |
Autor: | Stefan, Laura M.; Gómez-Díaz, Elena CSIC ORCID; Mironov, Sergey; González-Solís, Jacob; McCoy, Karen D. | Palabras clave: | Cryptic species Host-symbiont systems Analgoidea Host-specialization Adaptation Procellariiformes Morphology Co-structure |
Fecha de publicación: | 2018 | Editor: | Frontiers Media | Citación: | Frontiers in ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 6 (2018) | Resumen: | Feather mites are useful models for studying speciation due to their high diversity and strong degree of host specialization. However, studies to date have focused on the evolution of higher-level mite taxa while much hidden diversity likely occurs at the level of host genera and species. In this study, we examined the diversity and evolution of feather mites infesting six sympatric seabird species from six genera, breeding in the Cape Verde archipelago. We report 32 feather mite morphospecies categorized into 10 genera and three families, of which nine correspond to new, undescribed species. Molecular data corroborated morphological species descriptions, except for two morphologically-cryptic, but genetically distinct mite lineages related to Zachvatkinia oceanodromae and Laminalloptes simplex. Using these communities, we then applied a co-structure approach to test the contribution of ectosymbiont and host factors in driving feather mite evolution. Most seabird species hosted specific and unique feather mite species, even under sympatric conditions, and in general, feather mite species exhibited strong host-driven genetic structure. However, patterns of genetic differentiation were variable. That is, some mite species are more generalist than others and mite lineages/haplotypes can be shared by related seabird species. Interestingly, host-specific mites (e.g., Zachvatkinia spp.) tend to display much higher intra-specific diversity compared to more generalist mites (e.g., Microspalax and Plicatalloptes spp.). We discuss ectosymbiont and host life-history traits that might generate these patterns, such as host dispersal and breeding behavior and/or mite spatial and trophic specialization. Our findings highlight both the vast and largely unrecognized diversity of avian feather mites on seabirds, and the intrinsic complexity of the ecological processes underlying the evolution of these ectosymbionts. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/171692 | DOI: | 10.3389/fevo.2018.00097 | Identificadores: | doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00097 issn: 2296-701X |
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