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On the Fly: Tritrophic Associations of Bats, Bat Flies, and Fungi.
de Groot, Michiel D; Dumolein, Iris; Hiller, Thomas; Sándor, Attila D; Szentiványi, Tamara; Schilthuizen, Menno; Aime, M Catherine; Verbeken, Annemieke; Haelewaters, Danny.
Afiliação
  • de Groot MD; Research Group Evolutionary Ecology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333CR Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Dumolein I; Research Group Mycology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
  • Hiller T; Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 13, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Sándor AD; Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
  • Szentiványi T; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Panama.
  • Schilthuizen M; Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Manaștur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Aime MC; Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István u. 2, 1078 Budapest, Hungary.
  • Verbeken A; Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, 1395 S. Knoles Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
  • Haelewaters D; Research Group Evolutionary Ecology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333CR Leiden, The Netherlands.
J Fungi (Basel) ; 6(4)2020 Dec 12.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33322768
Parasitism is one of the most diverse and abundant modes of life, and of great ecological and evolutionary importance. Notwithstanding, large groups of parasites remain relatively understudied. One particularly unique form of parasitism is hyperparasitism, where a parasite is parasitized itself. Bats (Chiroptera) may be parasitized by bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea), obligate blood-sucking parasites, which in turn may be parasitized by hyperparasitic fungi, Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniomycetes). In this study, we present the global tritrophic associations among species within these groups and analyze their host specificity patterns. Bats, bat flies, and Laboulbeniales fungi are shown to form complex networks, and sixteen new associations are revealed. Bat flies are highly host-specific compared to Laboulbeniales. We discuss possible future avenues of study with regard to the dispersal of the fungi, abiotic factors influencing the parasite prevalence, and ecomorphology of the bat fly parasites.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Risk_factors_studies Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article