Distribution and Molecular Diversity of <i>Paranoplocephala kalelai</i> (Tenora, Haukisalmi & Henttonen, 1985) Tenora, Murai & Vaucher, 1986 in Voles (Rodentia: <i>Myodes</i>) in Eurasia
Anton Krivopalov,
Pavel Vlasenko,
Sergey Abramov,
Lyudmila Akimova,
Alina Barkhatova,
Nikolai Dokuchaev,
Anton Gromov,
Sergey Konyaev,
Natalia Lopatina,
Egor Vlasov,
Eugeny Zakharov
Affiliations
Anton Krivopalov
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia
Pavel Vlasenko
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia
Sergey Abramov
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia
Lyudmila Akimova
State Research and Production Association “Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources”, 220072 Minsk, Belarus
Alina Barkhatova
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Institute, National Research Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
Nikolai Dokuchaev
Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 685000 Magadan, Russia
Anton Gromov
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, The Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia
Sergey Konyaev
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia
Natalia Lopatina
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia
Egor Vlasov
V.V. Alekhin Central-Chernozem State Nature Biosphere Reserve, Zapovednyi, 305528 Kursk, Russia
Eugeny Zakharov
Institute of Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 677007 Yakutsk, Russia
Cestodes Paranoplocephala kalelai, which parasitizes in the small intestine of Myodes voles and is distributed in northern Fennoscandia, was found in six habitats in the Asian part of Russia and eastern Kazakhstan, which indicates a wider distribution of P. kalelai on the continent. Analysis of mtDNA showed that P. kalelai is characterized by significant molecular variability in Eurasia. This study complements the data on the distribution of P. kalelai and provides the first molecular data from the territory of Russia and Kazakhstan. The sequence variability of two mitochondrial genes cox1 and nad1 of P. kalelai was studied in two species of voles: gray red-backed Myodes rufocanus and northern red-backed vole Myodes rutilus. Five haplotype groups in the cox1 and nad1 gene networks were identified, and the existence of two mtDNA lines in P. kalelai outside northern Fennoscandia was confirmed. The geographical distribution of the identified haplotypes suggests that the foothills of the Altai-Sayan mountains and southern West Siberia may serve as a refugium for P. kalelai during repeated glaciations.
