A DNA barcode library forCulexmosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of South America with the description of two cryptic species of subgenusMelanoconion

Author:

Talaga StanislasORCID,Guidez Amandine,Thoisy Benoît de,Lavergne Anne,Carinci Romuald,Gaborit Pascal,Issaly Jean,Dusfour IsabelleORCID,Duchemin Jean-BernardORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe genusCulexis one of the most diverse in the world and includes numerous known vector species of parasites and viruses to humans. Morphological identification ofCulexspecies is notoriously difficult and rely mostly on the examination of properly dissected male genitalia which largely prevents female and immature identification during entomological, ecological or arboviral surveys. The aims of this study were (i) to establish a DNA barcode library forCulexmosquitoes of French Guiana based on the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) marker, (ii) to compare three approaches of molecular delimitation of species to morphological identification, and (iii) to test the effectiveness of the COI marker at a broader geographical scale across South America. Mosquitoes used in this study were sampled in French Guiana between 2013 and 2023. We provide 246 COI sequences for 90 morphologically identified species ofCulex, including five new country records and two newly described species. Overall, congruence between morphological identification and molecular delimitations using the COI barcode were high. The Barcode of Life Data clustering approach into Barcode Index Numbers gives the best result in terms of species delimitation, followed by the muti-rate Poisson Tree Processes and the Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning methods. Inconsistencies between morphological identification and molecular delimitation can be explained by introgression, incomplete lineage sorting, imperfect taxonomy or the effect of the geographical scale of sampling. This increases by almost two-fold the number of mosquito species for which a DNA barcode is available in French Guiana, including 75% of the species ofCulexcurrently known in the territory. Finally, this study confirms the usefulness of the COI barcode in identifyingCulexmosquitoes of South America, but also points the limits of this marker for some groups of species within the subgeneraCulexandMelanoconion.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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