Corrigendum to Effects of tectonics and large scale climatic changes on the evolutionary history of Hyalomma ticks Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2017) 114:153-165.
Sands AF, Apanaskevich DA, Matthee S, Horak IG, Harrison A, Karim S, Mohammad MK, Mumcuoglu KY, Rajakaruna RS, Santos-Silva MM, Kamani J, Matthee CA.
Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2018 Mar;120:390. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.010. Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790318300307?via%3DihubHyalomma Koch, 1844 are ixodid ticks that infest mammals, birds and reptiles, to which 27 recognized
species occur across the Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental regions. Despite their medical and veterinary
importance, the evolutionary history of the group is enigmatic. To investigate various taxonomic
hypotheses based on morphology, and also some of the mechanisms involved in the diversification of
the genus, we sequenced and analysed data derived from two mtDNA fragments, three nuclear DNA
genes and 47 morphological characters. Bayesian and Parsimony analyses based on the combined data
(2242 characters for 84 taxa) provided maximum resolution and strongly supported the monophyly of
Hyalomma and the subgenus Euhyalomma Filippova, 1984 (including H. punt Hoogstraal, Kaiser and
Pedersen, 1969). A predicted close evolutionary association was found between morphologically similar
H. dromedarii Koch, 1844, H. somalicum Tonelli Rondelli, 1935, H. impeltatum Schulze and Schlottke, 1929
and H. punt, and together they form a sister lineage to H. asiaticum Schulze and Schlottke, 1929, H. schulzei
Olenev, 1931 and H. scupense Schulze, 1919. Congruent with morphological suggestions, H. anatolicum
Koch, 1844, H. excavatum Koch, 1844 and H. lusitanicum Koch, 1844 form a clade and so also H. glabrum
Delpy, 1949, H. marginatum Koch, 1844, H. turanicum Pomerantzev, 1946 and H. rufipes Koch, 1844. Wide
scale continental sampling revealed cryptic divergences within African H. truncatum Koch, 1844 and H.
rufipes and suggested that the taxonomy of these lineages is in need of a revision. The most basal lineages
in Hyalomma represent taxa currently confined to Eurasia and molecular clock estimates suggest that
members of the genus started to diverge approximately 36.25 million years ago (Mya). The early diversification
event coincides well with the collision of the Indian and Eurasian Plates, an event that was also
characterized by large scale faunal turnover in the region. Using S-Diva, we also propose that the closure
of the Tethyan seaway allowed for the genus to first enter Africa approximately 17.73 Mya. In concert, our
data supports the notion that tectonic events and large scale global changes in the environment contributed
significantly to produce the rich species diversity currently found in the genus Hyalomma.The National Research Foundation (NRF) is thanked for their
financial support of the study and the Faculty of Science (University
of Stellenbosch) for a scholarship provided to AFS.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio