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A comprehensive analysis of the biogeography of the thelastomatoid pinworms from Australian burrowing cockroaches (Blaberidae: Geoscapheinae, Panesthiinae): no evidence of coevolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2007

A. R. JEX ,
M. A. SCHNEIDER ,
H. A. ROSE  and
T. H. CRIBB
A. R. JEX*
Affiliation:
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
M. A. SCHNEIDER
Affiliation:
School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
H. A. ROSE
Affiliation:
School of Land, Water and Crop Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
T. H. CRIBB
Affiliation:
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
*
*Corresponding author: Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3030, Australia. Tel: +61 3 9731 2294. Fax: +61 3 9731 2000. E-mail: ajex@unimelb.edu.au
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Summary

We report 21 thelastomatoid species parasitizing 31 described and 5 undescribed geoscapheine and panesthiine cockroaches, representing all but 1 of the known species of these subfamilies in Australia. The nematodes have 3 distinct patterns of host distribution: dominant, moderate and rare. The 4 dominant species, Cordonicola gibsoni, Leidynemella fusiformis, Travassosinema jaidenae and Aoruroides queenslandensis, are highly prevalent, found in nearly all host species examined, and broadly distributed. The 8 moderate species have lower prevalences but are still widely distributed. Many of these species are more common in one host subfamily than the other. The remaining 9 rare species have highly restricted host and geographical distributions. Six of the 21 species are exclusive to geoscapheines, 5 to panesthiines and 10 are shared. These patterns suggest that most of the reported thelastomatoid species are generalists rather than specialists, that host-specificity within this group is low and that co-evolutionary speciation has had little, if any, impact on structuring the thelastomatoid fauna of Australian burrowing cockroaches. In a broader context, this study provides the first comprehensive examination of the role of coevolutionary speciation and host specificity in regulating the distribution of pinworms in arthropods.

Keywords

NematodaOxyuridaThelastomatoideaThelastomatidaecockroacheshost-specificitycoevolutionbiogeographyguilddistribution
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 134 , Issue 10 , September 2007 , pp. 1387 - 1399
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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