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The interplay between host biogeography and phylogeny in structuring diversification of the feather louse genus Penenirmus
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The interplay between host biogeography and phylogeny in structuring diversification of the feather louse genus Penenirmus

Kevin P. Johnson, Jason D. Weckstein, Stephany Virrueta Herrera and Jorge Doña
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, v 165, 107297
Dec 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107297
PMID: 34438049
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Abstract

Coevolution Host-switching Parasite Passeriformes Phthiraptera Piciformes
[Display omitted] •Phylogenomic analysis of the feather louse genus Penenirmus identified major clades, typically associated with major avian host groups (barbets, woodpeckers, honeyguides, and songbirds).•Host-switching, both between and within major avian host groups, was a dominant process in the diversification of species in the genus Penenirmus.•Host-switching was typically confined within a major biogeographic region.•One unusual case of a North American woodpecker carrying its louse to Africa, which then switched to an African woodpecker, was documented. Parasite diversification is influenced by many of the same factors that affect speciation of free-living organisms, such as biogeographic barriers. However, the ecology and evolution of the host lineage also has a major impact on parasite speciation. Here we explore the interplay between biogeography and host-association on the pattern of diversification in a group of ectoparasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Penenirmus) that feeds on the feathers of woodpeckers, barbets, and honeyguides (Piciformes) and some songbirds (Passeriformes). We use whole genome sequencing of 41 ingroup and 12 outgroup samples to develop a phylogenomic dataset of DNA sequences from a reference set of 2395 single copy ortholog genes, for a total of nearly four million aligned base positions. The phylogenetic trees resulting from both concatenated and gene-tree/species-tree coalescent analyses were nearly identical and highly supported. These trees recovered the genus Penenirmus as monophyletic and identified several major clades, which tended to be associated with one major host group. However, cophylogenetic analysis revealed that host-switching was a prominent process in the diversification of this group. This host-switching generally occurred within single major biogeographic regions. We did, however, find one case in which it appears that a rare dispersal event by a woodpecker lineage from North America to Africa allowed its associated louse to colonize a woodpecker in Africa, even though the woodpecker lineage from North America never became established there.

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