Testing Phylogeographic Hypotheses in Mepraia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Suggests a Complex Spatio-Temporal Colonization in the Coastal Atacama Desert

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dc.contributor.authorCampos-Soto, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez-Valenzuela, Evelyn
dc.contributor.authorDíaz-Campusano, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorBoric-Bargetto, Dusan
dc.contributor.authorZúñiga-Reinoso, Álvaro
dc.contributor.authorCianferoni, Franco
dc.contributor.authorTorres-Pérez, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-06T14:17:01Z
dc.date.available2022-05-06T14:17:01Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-29
dc.description.abstractMepraia is a genus (Triatominae) endemic to Chile and a vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. Alternative phylogeographic hypotheses have been suggested for Mepraia. We tested different colonization routes hypothesized using mitochondrial sequences and phylogeographic approaches to select the best-supported hypothesis. Our results suggest that, after the split from the sister genus Triatoma at ~4.3 Mya, Mepraia formed two main clades at ~2.1 Mya. The northern clade diverged from Mepraia sp. ~1.7 Mya, giving rise to M. parapatrica and M. gajardoi about ~1.4 Mya. The southern clade originated M. spinolai ~1.68 Mya. We suggest that Mepraia had an origin in the north-central Andes along with orogenic processes, reinforced by hyperaridity during the Pliocene. The hyperarid cycle would have separated the southern and northern clades. Then, in the northern clade, dispersal occurred north and south from the centre through corridors during the Pleistocene Climatic Oscillations. Climate changes may have induced a major speciation process in the Atacama Desert, while the more homogeneous habitat colonized by the southern clade led to only one, but structured, species.es_ES
dc.identifier.issn2075-4450
dc.identifier.other10.3390/insects13050419
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12536/1680
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.sourceInsectses_ES
dc.titleTesting Phylogeographic Hypotheses in Mepraia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Suggests a Complex Spatio-Temporal Colonization in the Coastal Atacama Desertes_ES
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes_ES
uvm.escuelaEscuela de Ciencias Agrícolas y Veterinariases_ES
uvm.indexScopuses_ES
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