Title
Ongoing speciation within the anastrepha fraterculus cryptic species complex: The case of the andean morphotype
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Devescovi F.
Abraham S.
Roriz A.K.P.
Casta-neda R.
Tadeo E.
Caceres C.
Segura D.F.
Vera M.T.
Joachim-Bravo I.
Canal N.
Rull J.
Laboratorios de Sanidad Vegetal
Publisher(s)
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract
The Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) cryptic species complex is currently composed of seven taxonomically recognized morphotypes. Both, pre- and post-zygotic isolation has been documented among four of these morphotypes, revealing that in fact they appear to be distinct biological entities. In order to progress in the full delimitation of species within the complex, we examined reproductive isolation between a Colombian population of the Andean morphotype and populations belonging to four other morphotypes spanning from Mexico to Argentina. Flies from the Andean morphotype exhibited strong pre-zygoticmating isolation through temporal partitioning of mating activity. Post-zygotic isolation was observed for crosses of males of all morphotypes and Andeanmorphotype females, yetmost of the F1 hybrid? 9 F1 hybrid?self-crosses showed normal levels of fertility, a finding suggesting a nuclear-cytoplasmic interaction according to previous studies. Overall, the Andean morphotype within the complex also appears to be a distinct biological entity. We discuss the implications of these findings for the understanding of speciation mechanisms in the Neotropical genus Anastrepha.
Start page
238
End page
247
Volume
152
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología (teórica, matemática, térmica, criobiología, ritmo biológico), Biología evolutiva
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84925953090
Source
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
ISSN of the container
00138703
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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