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ArticleExperimental & applied acarology2020

Reproductive incompatibility between Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) group ticks from two disjunct geographical regions within the USA.

Michelle E J Allerdice, Alyssa N Snellgrove, Joy A Hecht, Kris Hartzer, Emma S Jones, Brad J Biggerstaff, Shelby L Ford, Sandor E Karpathy, Jesus Delgado-de la Mora, David Delgado-de la Mora and 4 more

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Article in Experimental & applied acarology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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14 authors.

Michelle E J AllerdiceDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. mallerdice@cdc.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2758-3245
Alyssa N SnellgroveDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6221-4731
Joy A HechtDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2786-0057
Kris HartzerDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Emma S JonesDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Brad J BiggerstaffDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3105-3530
Shelby L FordDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sandor E KarpathyDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-3622
Jesus Delgado-de la MoraDepartamento de Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4188-2989
David Delgado-de la MoraDepartamento de Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, Mexico.
Jesus D Licona-EnriquezHospital de Pediatría Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico, Mexico.
Jerome GoddardDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2617-7141
Michael L LevinDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Christopher D PaddockDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Amblyomma maculatum Koch group of ixodid ticks consists of three species: A. maculatum, A. triste, and A. tigrinum. However, since Koch described this group in 1844, the systematics of its members has been the subject of ongoing debate. This is especially true of A. maculatum and A. triste; recent molecular analyses reveal insufficient genetic divergence to separate these as distinct species. Further confounding this issue is the discovery in 2014 of A. maculatum group ticks in southern Arizona (AZ), USA, that share morphological characteristics with both A. triste and A. maculatum. To biologically evaluate the identity of A. maculatum group ticks from southern Arizona, we analyzed the reproductive compatibility between specimens of A. maculatum group ticks collected from Georgia (GA), USA, and southern Arizona. Female ticks from both Arizona and Georgia were mated with males from both the Georgia and Arizona Amblyomma populations, creating two homologous and two heterologous F1 cohorts of ticks: GA ♀/GA ♂, AZ ♀/AZ ♂, GA ♀/AZ ♂, and AZ ♀/GA ♂. Each cohort was maintained separately into the F2 generation with F1 females mating only with F1 males from their same cohort. Survival and fecundity parameters were measured for all developmental stages. The observed survival parameters for heterologous cohorts were comparable to those of the homologous cohorts through the F1 generation. However, the F1 heterologous females produced F2 egg clutches that did not hatch, thus indicating that the Arizona and Georgia populations of A. maculatum group ticks tested here represent different biological species.

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IxodidaeRickettsiaTicksAmblyommaAnimalsArizonaFemaleGeorgiaMaleAmblyomma maculatumAmblyomma tristeArizonaHybridizationRickettsia parkeri

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PMCPMC11008682

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