Aphids in the pine-feeding Nearctic genus Essigella (Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Lachninae) have been introduced in Europe, North Africa, Oceania, and South America. Mitochondrial, nuclear, and endosymbiont DNA sequences of 12 introduced populations from three continents confirm they all belong to Essigella californica (Essig, 1909). Intron sequence variation of the nuclear gene EF-1α has revealed the existence of four distinct groups. Group I gathers one population from China, where the species is newly reported, and several from Europe (France and Italy); Group II is represented by one population from Argentina; Group III includes two populations from Southern Australia with one from New Zealand; and Group IV corresponds to five populations from Eastern and South-Eastern Australia. These results indicate that introduced populations of E. californica have at least four source populations. They also show that intron variation of EF-1α can be a method to discriminate populations of asexually reproducing aphids.
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23 March 2017
EF-1α DNA Sequences Indicate Multiple Origins of Introduced Populations of Essigella californica (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Thomas Théry,
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff,
Angus J. Carnegie,
Rui Chen,
Stephen R. Elms,
Maurice Hullé,
Richard Glatz,
Jaime Ortego,
Ge-Xia Qiao,
Évelyne Turpeau,
Colin Favret
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 110 • No. 3
June 2017
Vol. 110 • No. 3
June 2017
asexual lineage
invasive species
Lachninae
population discrimination
silvicultural pest
