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ArticleThe Korean journal of parasitology2020

Asia and Europe: So Distant So Close? The Case of Lipoptena fortisetosa in Italy.

Annalisa Andreani, Annunziata Giangaspero, Marianna Marangi, Alessandra Barlaam, Maria Paola Ponzetta, Lise Roy, Antonio Belcari, Patrizia Sacchetti

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Article in The Korean journal of parasitology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Annalisa AndreaniDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine 18, 50144, Firenze, Italy.
Annunziata GiangasperoDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71121 Foggia, Italy.
Marianna MarangiDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71121 Foggia, Italy.
Alessandra BarlaamDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71121 Foggia, Italy.
Maria Paola PonzettaDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine 18, 50144, Firenze, Italy.
Lise RoyCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Univ Paul, Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France.
Antonio BelcariDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine 18, 50144, Firenze, Italy.
Patrizia SacchettiDepartment of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Piazzale delle Cascine 18, 50144, Firenze, Italy.
University of Florence · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Europe, 5 Lipoptena species have been recorded, including Lipoptena fortisetosa. This species, native to Asian countries, was described as a parasite of sika deer and its appearance in Europe dates back to more than 50 years ago. Lipoptena fortisetosa has been recently reported in Italy, sharing its hosts with Lipoptena cervi. A morpho-molecular approach was developed to determine the phylogenetic interrelationship of Italian and Asian CO1 haplotypes sequenced from Lipoptena fly individuals collected in Italy, and their DNA sequences were compared with conspecifics available in GenBank; morphological key-characters (terminalia) of L. fortisetosa were compared with the original description. Two haplotypes were recorded from Italy and assigned to L. cervi and L. fortisetosa, respectively. The latter was part of the monophyletic clade L. fortisetosa, along with 2 Central European and 2 Korean haplotypes (100% identical to one of the Korean haplotypes); moreover, Italian L. fortisetosa female terminalia were consistent with the original description of Asian individuals. Pending more in-depth investigations, this study provides a first answer to the hypothesis of the recent colonization of Italy by L. fortisetosa from Asia as we did not detect any obvious and stable morphological and molecular differences in specimens from the 2 geographical areas. The presence of the sika deer in Europe was retraced and the possible route traveled by the parasite from Asia and the eco-biological factors that may have enhanced its settlement are discussed.

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AnimalsAsiaBase SequenceDeerDipteraEcosystemEuropeFemaleHaplotypesItalyMalePhylogenyAsiaItalyLipoptena fortisetosamorphologyphylogeny

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