Taxonomic status of the Bemisia tabaci complex (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and reassessment of the number of its constituent species

Wonhoon Lee,Seunghwan Lee,Shin-ichi Akimoto,Gwan-Seok Lee 한국응용곤충학회 2013 한국응용곤충학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2013 No.10

Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is one of the most important insect pests in the world. In the present study, the taxonomic status of B. tabaci and the number of species consisting of the B. tabaci complex were determined based on 1059 COI sequences of B. tabaci and 509 COI sequences of 153 hemipteran species. The genetic divergence within B. tabaci was conspicuously higher (onaverage,11.1%) than interspecific genetic divergence within the respective genera of the 153 hemipteran species (on average, 6.5%). This result indicates that B. tabaci is composed of multiple biological species that may belong to different genera or subfamilies. The phylogenetic tree constructed based on 212 COI sequences without duplications revealed that the B. tabaci complex is composed of a total of 31 putative species, including a new species, JpL. However, genetic divergences within five species, Asia III, Asia II 7, Mediterranean, New world, and Sub Saharan Africa 1, were higher than 3.5%, which has previously been used as a threshold of genetic boundary in distinguishing species of the B. tabaci complex. These results suggest the necessity to redefine the threshold for species boundaries to best distinguish the constituent species in the B.tabaci complex.

Development of new barcoding loci in gall-forming aphids (Eriosomatinae: Eriosomatini): Comparing three mitochondrial genes, ATP6, ATP8, and COI

이원훈,Shin-Ichi Akimoto 한국응용곤충학회 2015 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.18 No.2

The mitochondrial COI gene has often been utilized as a molecular marker for species identification. However, it has sometimes caused misidentification for some pairs of closely related species. For detecting complementary barcoding loci, we first screened candidate genes by calculating genetic distances within and between species based on 542 sequences collected from the Genbank by using aphids of the Eriosomatini as an example. Of eight genes analyzed,we selected the ATP6 and ATP8 genes,which exhibited lower intraspecific and higher interspecific genetic divergences than did the COI gene. Secondly, we tested the usefulness of these genes by calculating genetic distances between all the combinations of 44 individuals of 23 eriosomatine species for each of the ATP6, ATP8, and COI genes. In the ATP8 gene, the average intraspecific divergence was lowest (0.6%) and the average interspecific divergence was highest (14.7%). The ATP8 gene evolved more rapidly than did the COI gene if genetic divergence between individuals was sufficiently large, whereas it evolved more slowly than did COI if genetic divergencewas less than a threshold (1% in COI distance). As a result, specieswith intraspecific variation in COI and ATP6 exhibited no genetic variation in ATP8. The pattern of genetic divergence in ATP8 well accorded with the pattern of species delimitation in the present taxonomic system. Thus, we conclude that the use of the ATP8 gene in DNA barcoding could improve the accuracy of species identification in the Eriosomatini and possibly other insect groups

한국의 미기록종 Tetraneura triangula Zhang & Zhang, 1991 (노린재목: 진딧물과: 면충아과)에 대한 보고

이지은,이효빈,손석영,고준혁,Akimoto Shin-Ichi,이원훈 한국응용곤충학회 2022 한국응용곤충학회지 Vol.61 No.4

Tetraneura triangula Zhang & Zhang, 1991 is reported for the first time in Korea. Species distribution, measurement, host plants, description, and illustrations of diagnostic characters for emigrant and embryo are provided.

Developing a new molecular marker for aphid species identification: Evaluation of eleven candidate genes with species-level sampling

Lee, Wonhoon,Lee, Yerim,Kim, Hyojoong,Akimoto, Shin-Ichi,Lee, Seunghwan 한국응용곤충학회 2014 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.17 No.3

The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene has been utilized as a molecular marker for aphid species identification. However, this gene has sometimes resulted in misidentification because of low interspecific genetic divergences between some species pairs. In this study, to propose new molecular markers for the family Aphididae, we first screened 2289 sequences of 11 genes (COI, COII, CytB, ATP6, lrRNA, srRNA, ITS1, ITS2, EF1a, 18S, and 28S) collected from the GenBank. Among the 11 genes, ATP6 gene revealed the largest genetic divergence among congeneric species with the smallest divergence among conspecific individuals; in contrast, species pairs with low genetic divergences (<1%) were not observed. Secondly, for statistically testing the usefulness of ATP6 gene in species identification, we analyzed genetic distances between all of the combinations of 32 individuals of 20 species for both COI and ATP6 genes. The ATP6 gene showed lower intraspecific (on average 0.08%) and higher interspecific (on average 8.28%) genetic distances than the COI gene (on average 0.19% and 6.24%, respectively) for the same pairs of individuals. This study corroborates the usefulness of the ATP6 gene as a new molecular marker that could improve the misidentification problems that are inherent with the COI gene.

Barcoding forest insect pests in South Korea: Constructing a basic endemic species dataset

이원훈,고상현,최원일,정찬식,김일권,변봉규,이봉우,Yang-Su Kim,김소라,Shin-ichi Akimoto,이승환 한국응용곤충학회 2012 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.15 No.3

A total of 103 barcode (mitochondrial COI) sequences were newly provided for 77 forest insect pests from 66genera belonging to Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Lepidoptera. All 77 species had distinct COI sequences, revealing low intraspecific genetic divergence (b1.20%) and high interspecific genetic divergence (>7.30%). Among the 66 genera, 32 COI sequences of 25 species belonging to 16 genera were compared with 280 COI sequences of 117 species belonging to the same 16 genera archived in GenBank, showing that most species were clearly distinguished by barcode sequences. Based on these results, we conclude that a DNA barcode is effective for identifying forest insect pest species.

Barcoding Old Lepidopteran Specimens Using New Designed Specific Primer Pairs

Taeman Han,Wonhoon Lee,Youngbo Lee,Namjung Kim,Shin-ichi Akimoto,Haechul Park 한국응용곤충학회 2013 한국응용곤충학회 학술대회논문집 Vol.2013 No.10

Using eight universal primers and new designed 315 species-specific primers, we tried to retrieve COI sequences from 45 dried specimens of 36 butterfly species collected from 1959 to 1980. The eight universal primers were entirely failed in PCR amplification and sequencing of all specimens. In the other hand, the 315 primers, targeting fragments of 71–417 bp, generated various lengths of COI sequences ranged from 444 bp to 658 bp from all specimens. Among 284 primer pairs, 26 primer pairs designed for Limenitis camilla, Argynnis niobe, and Brenthis daphne were success to produce COI sequences of congeneric speices, Limenitis doerriesi, Argynnis nerippe, and Brenthis ino. It suggests that the species-specific primers can be applied for analyzing COI sequences of closely related species. Our study reveals that newly designed species-specific primers will be effective to retrieval of COI sequences of old butterfly specimens.

육각강에서 보고된 미토콘드리아 COI 염기서열과 이들을 이용한 분자 연구 논문 분석, 파트 I: 2000년~2009년

이원훈,박종선,김소라,김양수,이예림,김광호,이시혁,이용환,이승환,Lee, Wonhoon,Park, Jongsun,Akimoto, Shin-Ichi,Kim, Sora,Kim, Yang-Su,Lee, Yerim,Kim, Kwang-Ho,Lee, Si Hyeock,Lee, Yong-Hwan,Lee, Seunghwan Korean Society of Applied Entomology 2013 한국응용곤충학회지 Vol.52 No.4

Since 2000, a large number of molecular studies have been conducted in Hexapoda with generating large amount of mitochondrial sequences. In this study, to review mitochondrial COI sequences and their molecular studies reported in Hexapoda from 2000 to 2009, 488 molecular studies conducted based on 58,323 COI sequences were categorized according to 26 orders and the positions of COI sequences (5', 3', and entire regions). The numbers of molecular studies in which the three regions utilized varied largely among the 26 orders; however, seven orders showed preferred positions of COI sequences in the researches: Diptera and Orthoptera revealed the largest number of studies in the 5' region; while, Coleoptera, Phthiraptera, Odonata, Phasmatodea, and Psocoptera, showed the largest number of studies in the 3' region. From comparing 84 molecular studies published before 2000, we observed the possibilities that molecular studies in Coleoptera, Diptera, Phthiraptera, and Phasmatodea from 2000 to 2009 had been followed classical studies using the positions of COI sequences well-known until 1999. This study provides useful information to understand the overall trends in COI sequence usages as well as molecular studies conducted from 2000 to 2009 in Hexapoda. 2000년도 이후로 많은 분자 연구 논문들이 육각강에서 진행되었으며, 그 결과 방대한 양의 미토콘드리아 유전자 염기서열이 생산되었다. 본 연구에서는 2000년도부터 2009년까지 육각강에 보고된 COI 염기서열과 이들을 활용한 분자 연구 논문들을 분석하기 위하여, 58,323개의 COI 염기서열들을 바탕으로 보고된 488개의 분자 연구 논문들을 26개 목들과 사용된 COI 염기서열들의 5', 3', 중간 위치에 따라 재분류하였다. 세 지역의 COI 염기서열을 이용한 연구 논문의 수는 26개 목들에 따라 매우 다양하였다. 하지만, 7개 목들은 특정 지역의 COI 염기서열들이 선호되었음을 나타내었다. 예를 들어, 파리목과 메뚜기목에서는 5' 지역의 COI 염기서열을 사용하는 논문의 수가 가장 높았으며, 이에 반해 딱정벌레, 이목, 잠자리목, 더듬이벌레목, 대벌레목에서는 3' 지역의 COI 염기서열을 사용하는 논문의 수가 가장 높았다. 2000년 이전에 보고된 84개의 분자 연구 논문들과의 비교를 통해, 2000년부터 2009년까지 딱정벌레목, 파리목, 이목, 대벌레목에서는 1999년 이전에 각 목들에서 주로 사용되었던 COI 염기서열의 특정 지역과 같은 지역을 사용하는 경향성을 보여주었다. 본 연구는 육각강에서 2000년에서 2009년까지 보고되었던 분자 연구 논문 뿐만 아니라 이들 논문에서 사용된 COI 염기서열에 대한 전체적인 경향을 이해하는데 유용한 정보를 제공한다.