Parasites of firebugs in Austria with focus on the “micro”-diversity of the cosmopolitan trypanosomatid Leptomonas pyrrhocoris

In this work, we investigated parasites of the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus in Austria and demonstrated that in addition to the extensively studied Leptomonas pyrrhocoris , it can also be infected by Blastocrithidia sp. and by a mermithid, which for the first time has been characterized using molecul...

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Published in:Parasitology research (1987) 2024-01, Vol.123 (1), p.27, Article 27
Main Authors: Kostygov, Alexei Yu, Chmelová, Ľubomíra, Reichl, Julia, Jászayová, Alexandra, Votýpka, Jan, Fuehrer, Hans-Peter, Yurchenko, Vyacheslav
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Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Austria
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Haplotypes
Heteroptera - parasitology
Immunology
Leptomonas pyrrhocoris
Medical Microbiology
Microbiology
Parasites
Trypanosomatina
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Summary:In this work, we investigated parasites of the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus in Austria and demonstrated that in addition to the extensively studied Leptomonas pyrrhocoris , it can also be infected by Blastocrithidia sp. and by a mermithid, which for the first time has been characterized using molecular methods. This diversity can be explained by the gregarious lifestyle, as well as the coprophagous and cannibalistic behavior of the insect hosts that makes them susceptible to various parasites. In addition, we showed no tight association of the L . pyrrhocoris haplotypes and geographical locations (at least, considering the relatively small scale of locations in Austria) implying that the natural populations of L . pyrrhocoris are mixed due to the mobility of their firebug hosts.
ISSN:0932-0113
1432-1955
1432-1955
DOI:10.1007/s00436-023-08080-2