2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Phylogenetic status of <i>Triatoma carcavalloi</i> and related species collected in domiciles in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

Carlos E Almeida , Laboratory of Biodiversity, IOC/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

The phylogeny of Triatoma carcavalloi was studied among 16 species of Triatoma, Panstrongylus and Rhodnius genera using mtDNA fragments of the 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA, and the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) genes by Bayesian analysis. The genetic relationship between T. carcavalloi and other taxa collected in sympatry was also analyzed by isoenzymes and morphometrics. Phylogenetic results indicated that T. carcavalloi is a sister species of T. rubrovaria, and both were clustered together with T. circummaculata and T. guasayana. Isoenzymatic and morphometrics analyses have revealed a slightly higher genetic and phenotypic identity between T. carcavalloi and T. rubrovaria than between that former species and T. circummaculata.

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2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Phylogenetic status of Triatoma carcavalloi and related species collected in domiciles in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

Phylogenetic status of Triatoma carcavalloi and related species collected in domiciles in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)