Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of chewing louse Pancola ailurus n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from the endangered Chinese red panda Ailurus styani

Yuan-Ping Deng; Wei Wang; Yi-Tian Fu; Yu Nie; Yue Xie; Guo-Hua Liu

doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.12.004

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Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of chewing louse Pancola ailurus n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from the endangered Chinese red panda Ailurus styani

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Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of chewing louse Pancola ailurus n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from the endangered Chinese red panda Ailurus styani

Yuan-Ping Deng, Wei Wang, Yi-Tian Fu, Yu Nie, Yue Xie and Guo-Hua Liu

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol.20, pp.31-38

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.12.004

PMCID: PMC9811220

PMID: 36619891

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Abstract

Chinese red panda

chewing lice

Pancola ailurus

new species

systematics

Lice are six-legged, wingless, insect parasites of mammals and birds, and include two main functional groups: blood-sucking lice and chewing lice. However, it is still not clear whether the Chinese red panda Ailurus styani is infested with the parasitic louse. In the present study, we describe a new genus and a species of chewing louse, Pancola ailurus (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) based on morphological and molecular datasets. The morphological features showed that Pancola is closer to Paratrichodectes. The genetic divergence of cox1 and 12S rRNA among the Pancola ailurus n. sp. and other Trichodectidae lice was 29.7 – 34.6% and 38.9 – 43.6%, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses based on the available mitochondrial gene sequences showed that P. ailurus n. sp. is more closely related to Trichodectes canis and Geomydoecus aurei than to Felicola subrostratus and together nested within the family Trichodectidae. This study is the first record of parasitic lice from the endangered Chinese red panda A. styani and highlights the importance of integrating morphological and molecular datasets for the identification and discrimination of new louse species.

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Title: Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of chewing louse Pancola ailurus n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from the endangered Chinese red panda Ailurus styani
Authors: Yuan-Ping Deng (Author) - Hunan Agricultural University
Wei Wang (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Bioinnovation
Yi-Tian Fu (Author) - Hunan Agricultural University
Yu Nie (Author) - Hunan Agricultural University
Yue Xie (Corresponding Author) - Sichuan Agricultural University
Guo-Hua Liu (Corresponding Author) - Hunan Agricultural University
Publication details: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol.20, pp.31-38
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.12.004
ISSN: 2213-2244
PMID: 36619891; PMC9811220
Copyright note: © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Australian Society for Parasitology. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99695598302621
Output Type: Journal article

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