Widespread Wolbachia infection in an insular radiation of damselflies (Odonata, Coenagrionidae).

ABSTRACT: Wolbachia is one of the most common endosymbionts found infecting arthropods. Theory predicts symbionts like Wolbachia will be more common in species radiations, as host shift events occur with greatest frequency between closely related species. Further, the presence of Wolbachia itself may engender reproductive isolation, and promote speciation of their hosts. Here we screened 178 individuals belonging to 30 species of the damselfly genera Nesobasis and Melanesobasis - species radiations endemic to the Fiji archipelago in the South Pacific - for Wolbachia, using multilocus sequence typing to characterize bacterial strains. Incidence of Wolbachia was 71% in Nesobasis and 40% in Melanesobasis, and prevalence was also high, with an average of 88% in the Nesobasis species screened. We identif

SUBMITTER: Lorenzo-Carballa MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6695491 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature