The southeastern Europe lineage of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato) identified as Rhipicephalus rutilus Koch, 1844: Comparison with holotype and generation of mitogenome reference from Israel

0575412 - BC 2024 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Šlapeta, J. - Halliday, B. - Dunlop, J.A. - Nachum-Biala, Y. - Salant, H. - Ghodrati, Sajjad - Modrý, David - Harrus, S.
The southeastern Europe lineage of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato) identified as Rhipicephalus rutilus Koch, 1844: Comparison with holotype and generation of mitogenome reference from Israel.
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases. Roč. 3, JAN (2023), č. článku 100118. ISSN 2667-114X
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : Brown dog tick * Mitochondrial DNA * Morphology * Israel * Egypt * Species identity
OECD category: Virology
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667114X23000067?via%3Dihub

The brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato) in the southeastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East is difficult to identify due to the presence of multiple mitochondrial DNA haplogroup lineages. The purpose of this study was to clarify the identity of the southeastern Europe lineage of this tick species complex. Our research shows that female ticks of the southeastern Europe lineage correspond to the morphology of R. rutilus Koch, 1844 as found in type-material at the Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin in Germany. We characterised the complete mitogenomes of R. rutilus, R. turanicus Pomerantsev, 1940 and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) in order to improve our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships among species within the R. sanguineus (sensu lato) complex. The material associated with the morphology of R. rutilus was previously labelled as the southeastern Europe lineage and found in Israel and Egypt, including Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta, where the original type-material was collected. Based on the morphology, genetic identity, and geographical distribution of the species, we conclude that the name R. rutilus is correctly linked to the southeastern Europe lineage of R. sanguineus (sensu lato).
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