Moin-Vaziri V, Depaquit J, Yaghoobi-Ershadi M R, Oshaghi M A, Derakhshandeh-Peykar P, Ferte H, Kaltenbach M, Bargues M D, Nadim A, Javadian E, Rassi Y, Jafari R
Department of medical entomology and vector control, School of public health and Institute of public health research, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, P.O. Box 6446-14155, Tehran, Iran.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2007 Oct;100(4):291-5.
A comparative morphological and molecular study was carried out on 11 different populations of Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) caucasicus Marzinovsky 1917 caught in 7 provinces in Iran (2004-2005). Differences in the implantation level of the two distal spines of the style, the number of setae of the basal lobe of coxite, and the length of the third antennal segment, revealed the existence of two morphotypes within P. (Pa) caucasicus, a species having a confused history if we take into account an unclear synonymisation with Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) grimmi Porchinsky 1874. Sequencing of mtDNA (a fragment of cytchromeB gene, tRNA for serine gene and a fragment of NADH1 gene) and Neighbour-Joining analysis showed a partial correlation between morphotypes and haplotypes. We also found a correlation between the latter and the geographical origin of the specimens. These results need further studies in order to appreciate the role of each morphotype/haplotype in the transmission of Leishmania major.
对2004年至2005年在伊朗7个省份捕获的11个不同种群的高加索白蛉（副白蛉属）（Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) caucasicus Marzinovsky 1917）进行了形态学和分子比较研究。阳茎两个远端刺的着生水平、抱器基叶刚毛数量以及触角第三节长度的差异，揭示了高加索白蛉（副白蛉属）内存在两种形态型。如果考虑到与1874年的格氏白蛉（副白蛉属）（Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) grimmi Porchinsky）存在不明确的同物异名关系，那么该物种的历史较为混乱。线粒体DNA（细胞色素B基因片段、丝氨酸转运RNA基因和NADH1基因片段）测序及邻接法分析表明，形态型与单倍型之间存在部分相关性。我们还发现单倍型与标本的地理起源之间存在相关性。为了了解每种形态型/单倍型在硕大利什曼原虫传播中的作用，这些结果需要进一步研究。
