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ArticleInsects2022

Evidence for Reconsidering the Taxonomic Status of Closely Related

Hafiz Muhammad Saqib Mushtaq, Muhammad Kamran, Amgad A Saleh, Fahad Jaber Alatawi

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Article in Insects, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Hafiz Muhammad Saqib MushtaqAcarology Research Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box No. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6678-4325
Muhammad KamranAcarology Research Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box No. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Amgad A SalehPlant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box No. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2354-0144
Fahad Jaber AlatawiAcarology Research Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box No. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

Deputyship for Research & Innovation, Ministry of Ed- 533ucation in Saudi Arabia IFKSURG-2- 000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To elucidate the taxonomic problems in species delineation within the Oligonychus punicae complex (O. punicae, O. mangiferus, and O. vitis) (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae), we performed morphological and molecular investigations on mite samples, collected from different hosts/countries. Thirty-nine samples of punicae complex, collected from Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia (SA), did not show any considerable morphological differences in females and males. All 39 samples of the punicae complex resembled the original description of O. punicae, while the claimed Mexican O. punicae was distinctively different based on male aedeagus. Molecularly, the low nucleotide diversity ranged from 0% to 2.1% (ITS2-rDNA) and 0% to 1% (COI-mtDNA), and was observed among various DNA sequences of the punicae complex from Egypt, India, Israel, Pakistan, and SA, confirming their identity as one species. The high genetic divergence ranged from 17.2% to 18.8% (ITS2) and 9.2% to 10.2% (COI), observed between the claimed Mexican O. punicae and all other sequences of the punicae complex, indicating that the Mexican sample do not belong to O. punicae. Basing our findings on both morphological and molecular data, we can conclude that O. mangiferus and O. vitis are synonymized with O. punicae. Additionally, this study reveals that the claimed Mexican O. punicae needs to be re-identified.

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