Biological and genetic aspects of experimental hybrids from species of the Phyllosoma complex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra, Luz Verónica Ventura-Rodríguez, Karla Meillon-Isais, Héctor Barajas-Martínez, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar, Patricia Lupercio-Coronel, Gonzalo Rocha-Chávez, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres

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The present work is a thorough investigation of the degree of reproductive isolation between Meccus mazzottii and Meccus longipennis, Meccus picturatus, Meccus pallidipennis and Meccus bassolsae, as well as between M. longipennis and M. picturatus. We examined fertility and segregation of morphological characteristics in two generations of hybrids derived from crosses between these species. The percentage of pairs with (fertile) offspring was highest in the set of crosses between M. longipennis and M. picturatus, and lowest between M. mazzottii and M. picturatus. Most first-generation (F1) individuals from crosses involving M. mazzottii were morphologically similar to this species, while only F1 x F1 progeny of parental crosses between M. mazzottii and M. longipennis had offspring second generation that looked like M. mazzottii. The results indicate that different degrees of reproductive isolation apparently exist among the species of the Phyllosoma complex examined in this study. The biological evidence obtained in this study does not support the proposal that M. longipennis and M. picturatus are full species. It could indicate on the contrary, that both could be considered as subspecies of a single polytypic species. On the other hand, biological evidence supports the proposal that M. mazzottii is a full species.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)236-243
Número de páginas8
PublicaciónMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Volumen103
N.º3
DOI
EstadoPublicada - may. 2008

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