Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines

Abstract Gregarines from the families Dactylophoridae and Trichorhynchidae parasitize exclusively centipedes and have a distinct morphology among other terrestrial eugregarines, but their evolutionary relationships have not yet been studied with molecular methods. Here we obtain rDNA operon sequence...

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Main Authors: Tatiana S. Miroliubova, Kirill V. Mikhailov, Timur G. Simdyanov, Vladimir V. Aleoshin, Đinh Thế Dũng, Aleksandra I. Kudriavkina
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83990-4
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author Tatiana S. Miroliubova
Kirill V. Mikhailov
Timur G. Simdyanov
Vladimir V. Aleoshin
Đinh Thế Dũng
Aleksandra I. Kudriavkina
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description Abstract Gregarines from the families Dactylophoridae and Trichorhynchidae parasitize exclusively centipedes and have a distinct morphology among other terrestrial eugregarines, but their evolutionary relationships have not yet been studied with molecular methods. Here we obtain rDNA operon sequences for the dactylophorids and trichorhynchids. We describe a new species Trichorhynchus efeykini sp. n. from a scutigeromorph Thereuopoda longicornis from Vietnam. Phylogenetic analyses with combined SSU, 5.8S and LSU rDNA dataset support the previously proposed separation of Trichorhynchus to the Trichorhynchidae based on morphology and recover the dactylophorids and trichorhynchids as sister groups in a monophyletic clade. This clade appears sister to the clade of the Actinocephaloidea and Stylocephaloidea, and represents a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines that we designate as a new superfamily Dactylophoroidea.
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spelling doaj-art-4e28578eb90141d89d8e273ca741e4492025-08-20T01:47:59ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-01-0115111010.1038/s41598-024-83990-4Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarinesTatiana S. Miroliubova0Kirill V. Mikhailov1Timur G. Simdyanov2Vladimir V. Aleoshin3Đinh Thế Dũng4Aleksandra I. Kudriavkina5Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of SciencesBelozersky Institute for Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityFaculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityBelozersky Institute for Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityJoint Vietnam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research CenterSevertsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of SciencesAbstract Gregarines from the families Dactylophoridae and Trichorhynchidae parasitize exclusively centipedes and have a distinct morphology among other terrestrial eugregarines, but their evolutionary relationships have not yet been studied with molecular methods. Here we obtain rDNA operon sequences for the dactylophorids and trichorhynchids. We describe a new species Trichorhynchus efeykini sp. n. from a scutigeromorph Thereuopoda longicornis from Vietnam. Phylogenetic analyses with combined SSU, 5.8S and LSU rDNA dataset support the previously proposed separation of Trichorhynchus to the Trichorhynchidae based on morphology and recover the dactylophorids and trichorhynchids as sister groups in a monophyletic clade. This clade appears sister to the clade of the Actinocephaloidea and Stylocephaloidea, and represents a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines that we designate as a new superfamily Dactylophoroidea.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83990-4
spellingShingle Tatiana S. Miroliubova
Kirill V. Mikhailov
Timur G. Simdyanov
Vladimir V. Aleoshin
Đinh Thế Dũng
Aleksandra I. Kudriavkina
Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines
Scientific Reports
title Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines
title_full Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines
title_fullStr Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines
title_full_unstemmed Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines
title_short Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines
title_sort parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83990-4
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