Szentiványi Tamara, Hornok Sándor, Kovács Áron B, Takács Nóra, Gyuranecz Miklós, Markotter Wanda, Christe Philippe, Glaizot Olivier
Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland.
Museum of Zoology Lausanne Switzerland.
Ecol Evol. 2022 Oct 1;12(10):e9357. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9357. eCollection 2022 Oct.
Polyctenidae bugs are rarely studied, hematophagous, and highly specialized ectoparasites of bats. There are only 32 described species worldwide, including six species in the Afrotropical region. Knowledge on these parasites is limited, and most studies are restricted to the New World polyctenid species. Here we report additional records of from Kenya and South Africa, as well as from Rwanda. We present an updated list of published polyctenid records in the Afrotropical region indicating their host specificity and their geographical distribution. We report global infection patterns and sex ratio of polyctenids based on previously published data, including Old and New World species. Lastly, we demonstrate the first molecular phylogeny of Polyctenidae, showing their phylogenetic relationship with the closely related family Cimicidae.
多栉蝽科昆虫是很少被研究的、吸血的、高度特化的蝙蝠体外寄生虫。全世界仅描述了32个物种，其中包括6个分布在 Afrotropical 地区的物种。关于这些寄生虫的知识有限，大多数研究仅限于新大陆的多栉蝽科物种。在此，我们报告了来自肯尼亚和南非的更多记录，以及来自卢旺达的记录。我们提供了一份 Afrotropical 地区已发表的多栉蝽科记录的更新列表，表明它们的宿主特异性和地理分布。我们根据先前发表的数据（包括新旧大陆的物种）报告了多栉蝽科的全球感染模式和性别比例。最后展示了多栉蝽科的首个分子系统发育图，显示了它们与近缘的臭虫科之间的系统发育关系。
