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Molecular markers indicate that the wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella Keifer, may represent a species complex in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2009

M. Carew ,
M. Schiffer ,
P. Umina ,
A. Weeks  and
A. Hoffmann
M. Carew*
Affiliation:
Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010Australia
M. Schiffer
Affiliation:
Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010Australia
P. Umina
Affiliation:
Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010Australia
A. Weeks
Affiliation:
Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010Australia
A. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010Australia Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010Australia
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: +61 3 8344 2279 E-mail: mecarew@unimelb.edu.au
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Abstract

The wheat curl mite (WCM), Aceria tosichella Keifer, is an eriophyoid pest of cereals, and the vector responsible for transmitting wheat streak mosaic virus. Several authors have suggested cryptic species of this mite identified through morphological variation, but this has never been conclusively demonstrated. Here, we use the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene and two nuclear markers (internal transcribed spacer 1 and adenine nucleotide translocase) to show that WCM from Australia consists of at least two separate lineages that may represent putative species. In our study, both WCM variants were widespread and the only eriophyoids found on wheat varieties. The WCM variants were also found on alternate host plants, including some plants not known to host WCM. These results have implications for the control of this pest within Australian cereal crops.

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putative speciescryptic speciesmolecular operational taxonomic unitdiagnostic test

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 99 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 479 - 486
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Copyright © 2009 Cambridge University Press

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