Distribution of Wolbachia infection in butterflies (Lepidoptera): First systematic report from Thailand

IF 0.4 4区农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY Oriental Insects Pub Date : 2023-01-23 DOI:10.1080/00305316.2023.2167883

Panukorn Boonsit, Itsanun Wiwatanaratanabutr, Perran A. Ross, F. Grandjean, C. Austin, S. Kramchote

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ABSTRACT Wolbachia is a genus of Rickettsia-like bacteria that infects a broad range of insect species throughout the world. It often influences host reproduction to facilitate its transmission to their offspring and spread through populations. The occurrence and ecology of Wolbachia has not been surveyed in detail in Thai butterflies. In this study, we conduct the first systematic survey of Wolbachia infection by sampling 623 specimens from 46 butterfly species from 5 families obtained from tropical forests in 3 geographic regions of Thailand. Wolbachia infections were detected using three PCR primer sets: 16S rRNA, ftsZ and wsp. The results showed evidence for widespread Wolbachia infection in Thai butterflies. The Wolbachia presence was confirmed in 291 individuals from 17 butterfly species of 2 families, comprising 86 individuals from the Central Region (32 males and 54 females), 72 individuals from the Northeast Region (25 males and 47 females), and 133 individuals from the West Region (46 males and 87 females). This report will be useful for understanding the distribution of Wolbachia in butterflies from Thailand.

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鳞翅目蝴蝶沃尔巴克氏体感染的分布:泰国首次系统报道

沃尔巴克氏体(Wolbachia)是一种类似立克次体的细菌，在世界范围内感染广泛的昆虫物种。它经常影响宿主的繁殖，以促进其传播给它们的后代并在种群中传播。沃尔巴克氏体在泰国蝴蝶中的发生和生态尚未得到详细的调查。本研究首次对泰国3个地理区域的热带森林中5科46种蝴蝶的623份标本进行了沃尔巴克氏体感染的系统调查。采用16S rRNA、ftsZ和wsp三组PCR引物检测沃尔巴克氏体感染。结果显示了泰国蝴蝶广泛感染沃尔巴克氏体的证据。结果发现2科17种291只蝴蝶存在沃尔巴克氏体，其中中部地区86只(雄性32只，雌性54只)，东北地区72只(雄性25只，雌性47只)，西部地区133只(雄性46只，雌性87只)。本报告将有助于了解沃尔巴克氏体在泰国蝴蝶中的分布。

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Oriental Insects 生物-昆虫学

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期刊介绍： Oriental Insects is an international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of original research articles and reviews on the taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity and evolution of insects and other land arthropods of the Old World and Australia. Manuscripts referring to Africa, Australia and Oceania are highly welcomed. Research papers covering the study of behaviour, conservation, forensic and medical entomology, urban entomology and pest control are encouraged, provided that the research has relevance to Old World or Australian entomofauna. Precedence will be given to more general manuscripts (e.g. revisions of higher taxa, papers with combined methodologies or referring to larger geographic units). Descriptive manuscripts should refer to more than a single species and contain more general results or discussion (e.g. determination keys, biological or ecological data etc.). Laboratory works without zoogeographic or taxonomic reference to the scope of the journal will not be accepted.