Contribution to the blackfly fauna (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran

Yankovsky, A. V.

doi:10.1134/s0013873810080117

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“…In an attempt to identify potential vectors of O. lupi in Xanthi, Greece, a rural area endemic for this parasite, three blackfly species ( Simulium velutinum , Simulium reptans and Simulium pseudequinum ) were collected and allowed to feed on two O. lupi infested dogs, but no developing larvae were detected in the dissected blackflies after 21 days (Otranto et al , 2012b). Some 18 blackfly species have been reported from the northern part of Iran; eight of them, including Simulium ( Eusimulium ) brachyantherum , S. ( Montisimulium ) assadovi , S. ( Nevermannia ) brevitarse , S. ( Obuchovia ) transcaspicum , S. ( Simulium ) bezzii , S. ( Simulium ) fontanum and S. ( Simulium ) variegatum , are from mountainous or hilly areas of Alborz in the north of Tehran Province (Crosskey, 2002; Yankovsky, 2010), the nearest place with abundant potential vectors to Qom. Residents of Qom and Tehran usually commute between these two cities and commonly do not define this as travel.…”

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Human ocular onchocerciasis caused byOnchocerca lupi(Spirurida, Onchocercidae) in Iran

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Cases of canine onchocerciasis caused by Onchocerca lupi are increasingly reported from Europe and the western United States of America. The zoonotic role of this parasite had already been suspected in Europe as the clinical signs and histopathology seen in two ocular cases from Albania and the Crimean region were very similar to those of canine ocular onchocerciasis. In the most recent reports of human onchocerciasis, O. lupi has been morphologically and molecularly identified as the causative agent of ocular infestation in two patients from Turkey, and one patient from Tunisia. Here, we report an additional case of nodular lesions involving two, and possibly more, immature worms in a patient from Iran. The parasite was found to belong to the genus Onchocerca based on morphological features and the species was confirmed as O. lupi from a partial sequence analysis of 12S ribosomal DNA.

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Human ocular onchocerciasis caused byOnchocerca lupi(Spirurida, Onchocercidae) in Iran

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“…The distribution area of both species appears to partly overlap in Transcaucasia and in the eastern Balkans. However, the presence of S. degrangei in Transcaucasia is based on Simulium sastscheri Machavariani, 1966, recently synonymised with it (Yankovsky 2003), and the occurrence of S. bukovskii in the Balkan areas of Romania and Bulgaria is based on less reliable data (Dinulescu 1966;Kovachev 1979). The last species from this group, Simulium (Simulium) vigintifile Dinulescu, 1966 is known only from the original description from Romania and it has not been recorded elsewhere since (Jedlička et al 2004).…”

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Population genetic structure of Simulium degrangei (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Western Carpathians

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Simulium degrangei Dorier & Grenier, 1960 was recorded in southern and central Europe and in the Crimea and Caucasus. Its distribution pattern is scattered. The variability of the mtDNA gene encoding cytochrome oxidase I was studied in populations of S. degrangei from the Western Carpathians in Slovakia and in the northern Hellenides of Greece. In the analyzed samples, 21 haplotypes were recorded, of which twenty were private and occurred in only one mountain range, but one haplotype was found in all three studied populations from the Western Carpathians. Both haplotypes from the Hellenides were private, but these were not isolated and they fit into the haplotype network of the Western Carpathians. Statistics of genetic variability, different designs of analysis of molecular variation with non-significant differences and the pair-wise genetic distances support the hypothesis that there are no differences between the analyzed populations. Similarly, using nested clade phylogeographical analysis, no genetic-geographical structure was found.

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“…Our tree shows the ancient mtDNA divergence of S. paraequinum , which could be interpreted as the existence of two taxa (possibly matching with paraequinum and transcaucasicum , per Rubtsov). As we did not have samples from Iran of the species Simulium lurestanicum (Yankovsky, 2010) that are thought to be a synonym of S. paraequinum by Khazeni et al (2013), we could not suggest the identity nor the position of that taxon.…”

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Phylogeography of Simulium Subgenus Wilhelmia (Diptera: Simuliidae)—Insights From Balkan Populations

Đuknić

Jovanović

Popović

et al. 2019

Journal of Medical Entomology

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Many morphologically similar species of the simuliid (Diptera: Simuliidae) subgenus Wilhelmia, Enderlein are difficult to distinguish. Thus, the revision of the subgenus using various morphological, cytogenetic, and genetic analyses has been attempted. Neglected until now, the Balkan Peninsula, a crossroad between Europe and Anatolia, provides insight which could resolve problematic interrelationships of the taxa within this subgenus. To uncover the status and relations within the subgenus Wilhelmia, mtDNA was extracted from 47 individuals of six morphospecies: Simulium balcanicum (Enderlein, 1924), Simulium turgaicum Rubtsov, 1940, Simulium lineatum (Meigen, 1804), Simulium pseudequinum Séguy, 1921, Simulium equinum (Linnaeus, 1758), and Simulium paraequinum Puri, 1933 from 21 sites throughout the Balkan Peninsula. Phylogenetic analysis of the Wilhelmia species using mitochondrial DNA barcoding (COI) gene showed two major branches, the lineatum branch, which includes the lineages sergenti, paraequinum, and lineatum, and the equinum branch. In the equinum branch, the mtDNA sequences formed six clades, with high genetic distances, suggesting the existence of different species. Historically, the clades of the equinum branch appeared at numerous islands, perhaps as a result of allopatric speciation. The paraequinum lineage (lineatum branch) is composed of two species. However, six clades of the lineatum lineage overlapped with intra- and interspecific genetic distances. Our results revealed that the species S. balcanicum, S. pseudequinum B, and S. equinum were omnipresent in the Balkans. The results point to not only the fair diversity of Wilhelmia species in the Balkans, but also indicate that most Wilhelmia species live in sympatry.

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Contribution to the blackfly fauna (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran

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Human ocular onchocerciasis caused byOnchocerca lupi(Spirurida, Onchocercidae) in Iran

Human ocular onchocerciasis caused byOnchocerca lupi(Spirurida, Onchocercidae) in Iran

Population genetic structure of Simulium degrangei (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Western Carpathians

Phylogeography of Simulium Subgenus Wilhelmia (Diptera: Simuliidae)—Insights From Balkan Populations

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