Title:	Occurrence of 15 haplotypes of linepithema micans (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Brazil.
Authors:	RAMALHO, M. O. MARTINS, C. CAMPOS, T. NONDILLO, A. BOTTON, M. BUENO, O. C.
Affiliation:	Manuela Oliveira Ramalho, Universidade Estadual Paulista “J ulio de Mesquita Filho” UNESP – Campus Rio Claro, Biologia, CEIS. Av. 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro-SP, Brazil (manuramalho2010@gmail.coM) C. Martins, Universidade Federal do Piau ? - Campus Ministro Reis Velloso, Av. S ~ ao Sebasti ~ ao, 2819, 64.202-020, Parna ?ba, Piau ?, Brazil (martins.c@ufpi.edu.br) T. Campos, Universidade Estadual Paulista “J ulio de Mesquita Filho” UNESP – Campus Rio Claro, Biologia, CEIS. Av. 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro-SP, Brazil (manuramalho2010@gmail.com tauanacaipora@gmail.coM) Aline Nondillo, Embrapa Uva e Vinho – Laborat orio de Entomologia, Av. Livramento 515, Conceic ? ~ ao, 95700-000, Bento Gonc ?alves – RS, Brazil (alinondillo@gmail.com) MARCOS BOTTON, CNPUV O. C. Bueno, Universidade Estadual Paulista “J ulio de Mesquita Filho” UNESP – Campus Rio Claro, Biologia, CEIS. Av. 24A, 1515, Bela Vista, 13506-900, Rio Claro-SP, Brazil (manuramalho2010@gmail.com tauanacaipora@gmail.com odaircb@rc.unesp.
Date Issued:	2017
Citation:	Journal of Economic Entomology, v. 0, n. 0, 2017. Online.
Description:	The ant genus Linepithema is widely known, thanks to the pest species Linepithema humile (Mayr), which is easily mistaken for Linepithema micans (Forel) due to their morphological similarity. Like L. humile , L. micans is associated to the main grapevine pest in Brazil, Eurhizococcus brasiliensis (Wille), also known as ground pearl. Therefore, the present study uses mtDNA fragments to expand the knowledge of haplotype diversity and distri- bution of L. micans in the state of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil), to understand the genetic differences of the popu- lations identified in this study. We identified 15 haplotypes of L. micans spread across different localities. Twelve of these haplotypes were new for the species. The high haplotype diversity uncovered in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) for this species was predictable, as L. micans is in its native environment. Additional studies that take gene flow into account may reveal interesting aspects of diversity in these populations. Keywords: mitotype, ground pearl, Rio Grande do Sul
NAL Thesaurus:	haplotypes
Keywords:	Mitotype Mitótipo Ground pearl Rio Grande do Sul Linepithema micans
DOI:	10.1093/jee/tox152
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPUV)