{"id":1041,"date":"2019-04-07T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2020-07-16T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:09:29","slug":"university-of-sindh-jamshoro-barcodes-grasshoppers-in-pakistans-thar-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/research\/university-of-sindh-jamshoro-barcodes-grasshoppers-in-pakistans-thar-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Sindh Jamshoro Barcodes Grasshoppers in Pakistan&#8217;s Thar Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.3&#8243; background_blend=&#8221;multiply&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|41px|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@&#8221; subhead=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9leGNlcnB0Iiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJ3b3JkcyI6IiIsInJlYWRfbW9yZV9sYWJlbCI6IiJ9fQ==@&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.21.4&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;title,subhead&#8221; content_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; content_text_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.8)&#8221; subhead_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; subhead_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; subhead_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(168,211,103,0)&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;rgba(0,50,84,0.93)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;70%&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/v4.boldsystems.org_7125_animalia.png&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Thar-desert.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.2&#8243; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-22px||&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;]<span class='et-dropcap'>T<\/span>he Thar Desert is considered the seventh largest desert in the world and the third largest in Asia. Although this desert is rich in unique biodiversity, efforts to explore and analyze its fauna and flora have been minimal. The desert harbours some important crop pests, particularly orthopterans, by providing them alternate host plants, overwintering space, and environments for reproduction. The region provides favourable soil and environmental conditions for the survival of Acridids (grasshoppers and locusts). In particular, it supports the reproduction, development, and outbreak of the desert locust; the gregarious phase of locusts results in attacks on neighbouring regions that cause severe loss to crops and forests.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|20px||20px&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Pakistan-riffat-5.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#646564&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||20px&#8221;]<p>Cattle grazing in the Thar region.<br \/> <span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Photo credit: Ahmed Ali Samejo <\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221;]<p>Around 20,000 orthopterans have been described in the world including 1,750 from India, but the number of known species in Pakistan is merely 161. Our recent surveys of the Thar region have revealed 29 species of grasshoppers that are new to the country indicating the rich grasshopper diversity of this desert.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243;]<p>With expanding agricultural fields, overgrazing and desertification, and changing ecological conditions, biodiversity is also changing. These changes are pushing non-pests to become crop pests, a phenomenon that warrants further investigation using reliable identification methods. An effective, preventive management strategy of these pests relies on an improved knowledge of their biology and ecology, and on more efficient monitoring and control techniques. The Department of Zoology at the University of Sindh Jamshoro has taken initiative to document and understand the grasshopper fauna in the Thar Desert by coupling DNA barcoding with conventional taxonomy.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Pakistan-riffat-1.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.23.3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#646564&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;84%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||20px&#8221;]<p>Field surveys in the Thar Desert with Kumar, Riffat, &amp; Samejo (left to right).<br \/> <span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">PHOTO CREDIT: Ahmed Ali Samejo<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||51px|||&#8221;]<p>With funding support from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, the department plans to develop a DNA barcode reference library for grasshoppers in the Thar Desert of Pakistan. Grasshopper collection and specimen identification is already in progress and, so far, 2,334 specimens have been identified to 22 species while the identity of 300 specimens is yet to be resolved. After the front-end processing (data-basing, imaging, tissue sampling) at the University of Sindh Jamshoro is complete, the identified specimens will be barcoded at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first effort towards understanding grasshopper diversity in the Thar using DNA methods and developing a reliable reference library for this important group of pest insects. The generated data will not only be used for the rapid identification of grasshoppers and locusts, it will also provide a useful tool for pest management and biodiversity conservation.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#646564&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221;]<p>Written by<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Riffat Sultana&#8221; position=&#8221;Department of Zoology, University of Sindh Jamshoro, Pakistan&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Riffat_Sultana.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22.2&#8243; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; 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Matthews<\/em><sup><em>1<\/em><\/sup><em>, J. Dorey<\/em><sup><em>1<\/em><\/sup><em>, S. Groom<\/em><sup><em>2<\/em><\/sup><em>, O. Davies<\/em><sup><em>1<\/em><\/sup><em>, E. Freedman<\/em><sup><em>1<\/em><\/sup><em>, J. Holder<\/em><sup><em>1<\/em><\/sup><em>, B. Parslow<\/em><sup><em>1<\/em><\/sup><em>, M. Schwarz<\/em><sup><em>1<\/em><\/sup><em>, M. Stevens<\/em><sup><em>3,4<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"fontSize\":\"small\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><sup>1 <\/sup>School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia <br><sup>2 <\/sup>School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia <br><sup>3 <\/sup>South Australian Museum, GPO Box 234, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia <br><sup>4 <\/sup>School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Fiji\u2019s entomological diversity has historically\nbeen considered depauperate. Recent widespread DNA barcoding efforts, however,\nfrom the South Australian Museum, Flinders University and University of South\nAustralia, along with a flurry of undergraduate, honours and PhD students, have\nhelped to uncover some of the hidden secrets of biodiversity within this\ntopographically complex archipelago.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Since 2010, funding from the Australian\n&amp; Pacific Science Foundation and Australian Commonwealth New Colombo Plan, along\nwith support from students, has enabled fieldwork focused on collecting bees,\nwasps, and butterflies across all the major Fijian islands. Trekking up the\ntallest mountains, four wheel driving across challenging terrain, and following\nthe meandering rivers of inland Fiji has revealed that initial estimations of\nFiji\u2019s entomological fauna have been severely underestimated. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>DNA barcoding over 1,000 bee specimens has increased species richness estimates from 4 species (known since 1979) up to 26 endemic species in the genus <em>Homalictus. <\/em>Interestingly, 60% of these new species are only found above 800 m elevation which comprise a mere 2% of land area of Fiji, and often restricted to single mountain tops. From extensive barcoding, mitochondrial haplotype diversity was used to explore the level of intraspecific gene flow in the widespread species of the genus. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":69,\"align\":\"right\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Fijiensis-Haplotype-FINISHED.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ibol.org\/barcodebulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Fijiensis-Haplotype-FINISHED-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"Haplotype network of all sequenced HOMALICTUS fijiensis (N=358) coloured by sampling locality. Hash marks represent nucleotide changes between each haplotype. Shared haplotypes represented by circles with multiple colours. Circle outline representing highland or lowland sampling. (b) Sampling map of H. fijiensis coloured by geographic sampling locality.\" class=\"wp-image-69\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Haplotype network of all sequenced HOMALICTUS fijiensis (N=358) coloured by sampling locality. Hash marks represent nucleotide changes between each haplotype. Shared haplotypes represented by circles with multiple colours. Circle outline representing highland or lowland sampling. (b) Sampling map of H. fijiensis coloured by geographic sampling locality.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>These results also indicate that gene flow is being restricted within highland localities of the most widespread <em>Homalictus <\/em>species. Dispersal from a species home range does not appear to be occurring in Fiji, which may be presenting a contemporary model of speciation that is predominantly influenced by past climatic fluctuations. There is an estimated crown age of 400 ka for the initial Fijian <em>Homalictus <\/em>colonisation, which would result in the genus being present for several glacial cycles. During glacial maxima, cooler climate would be ubiquitous throughout Fiji, however during glacial minima and interglacial periods there is a distinction between cool highland and warm lowland climate. DNA barcoding results indicate that the largest diversification of this genus is concordant with the most recent glacial minima, as species that were freely dispersing during glacial maxima are forced to retreat into highland refugia. Combined with the inferred haplotype networks, these results indicate that restriction due to low thermal tolerance of lowland climate is driving the extraordinary highland species richness in Fiji. Further to the work on bees, we have also started barcoding Fiji\u2019s butterfly fauna, along with the first ever species of <em>Gasteruption<\/em>, a parasitoid wasp genus, found in Fiji. The species, <em>Gasteruption tomanivi<\/em> (Published in Zootaxa by PhD student Ben Parslow), was found at the peak of Fiji\u2019s highest mountain. 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