Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
Int J Parasitol. 2021 May;51(6):431-436. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.02.001. Epub 2021 Mar 11.
The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) parasitises dogs. Over the past decade, two distinct lineages have been recognised - R. sanguineus sensu lato "temperate lineage" and R. sanguineus sensu lato "tropical lineage". The nominal taxon R. sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) was recently associated with the "temperate lineage". We here identify the "tropical lineage" as Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826) using material from Australia, where no other Rhipicephalus species parasitises dogs. Whole genome sequencing of R. linnaei from Australia, Fiji and Laos, and assembly of their complete mitochondrial DNA (~15 kb) confirms the genetic identity and distinctness from all other known species within the brown dog tick species complex. Designation of the species R. linnaei is unequivocally supported by material available through the Australian National Insect Collection, Australia. Accordingly, we are formally justified in using R. linnaei for the "tropical lineage".
棕色犬蜱(Rhipicephalus sanguineus)寄生在犬类身上。在过去的十年中,已经确认了两个不同的谱系——R. sanguineus sensu lato“温带谱系”和 R. sanguineus sensu lato“热带谱系”。命名的分类单元 R. sanguineus(拉特雷耶,1806 年)最近与“温带谱系”有关。我们在这里使用来自澳大利亚的材料,将“热带谱系”鉴定为 Rhipicephalus linnaei(奥杜因,1826 年),因为澳大利亚没有其他犬蜱寄生在犬类身上。对来自澳大利亚、斐济和老挝的 R. linnaei 的全基因组测序以及它们完整的线粒体 DNA(~15kb)的组装证实了它们与棕色犬蜱种复合体中所有其他已知物种的遗传同一性和独特性。澳大利亚国家昆虫收藏馆提供的材料明确支持 R. linnaei 物种的指定。因此,我们有充分的理由正式使用 R. linnaei 来指代“热带谱系”。