Molecular Identification and Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Haematoboscaaberrans (Diptera: Muscidae).

ABSTRACT: The genus Haematobosca Bezzi, 1907 (Diptera: Muscidae) contains haematophagous flies of veterinary importance. A new fly species of this genus was recognised from northern Thailand based on morphological characters and described as Haematobosca aberrans Pont, Duvallet & Changbunjong, 2020. In the present study, the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene was used to confirm the morphological identification of H. aberrans. In addition, landmark-based geometric morphometrics was used to determine sexual dimorphism. The molecular analysis was conducted with 10 COI sequences. The results showed that all sequences were 100% identical. The sequence was not highly similar to reference sequences from GenBank and did not match any identified species from Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD).

SUBMITTER: Changbunjong T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7412132 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature