Neoceroplatus betaryiensis nov. sp. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) is the first record of a bioluminescent fungusgnat in South America
dc.contributor.author | Falaschi, Rafaela L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Amaral, Danilo T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Santos, Isaias | |
dc.contributor.author | Domingos, Adão H. R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Grant A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martins, Ana G. S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Viroomal, Imran B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pompéia, Sérgio L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mirza, Jeremy D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, Anderson G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bechara, Etelvino J. H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Viviani, Vadim R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Stevani, Cassius V. | |
dc.contributor.orcid | 0000-0003-1752-0726 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-11T21:05:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-11T21:05:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.description | Scholarly article / Open access | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Blue shining fungus gnats (Diptera) had been long reported in the Waitomo caves of New Zealand (Arachnocampa luminosa Skuse), in stream banks of the American Appalachian Mountains (Orfelia fultoni Fisher) in 1939 and in true spore eating Eurasiatic Keroplatus Bosc species. This current report observes that similar blue light emitting gnat larvae also occur nearby the Betary river in the buffer zone of High Ribeira River State Park (PETAR) in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, where the larvae were found when on fallen branches or trunks enveloped in their own secreted silk. The new species is named Neoceroplatus betaryiensis nov. sp. (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Keroplatinae: Keroplatini) based on a morphological analysis. Neoceroplatus betaryiensis nov. sp. larvae emit blue bioluminescence that can be seen from their last abdominal segment and from two photophores located laterally on the first thoracic segment. When touched, the larvae can actively stop its luminescence, which returns when it is no longer being agitated. The in vitro bioluminescence spectrum of N. betaryiensis nov. sp. peaks at 472 nm, and cross-reactivity of hot and cold extracts with the luciferin-luciferase from Orfelia fultoni indicate significant similarity in both enzyme and substrate of the two species, and that the bioluminescence system in the subfamily Keroplatinae is conserved. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Acknowledgements e authors are indebted to Dr. Carlos Lamas (MZUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil), for access to the type material studied in this work and Dr. Diego Fachin (USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) who very kindly revised the description text of the manuscript. We also thank Dr. Jay C. Dunlap (Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, USA) and Dr. Graham S. Timmins (University of New Mexico, USA) for careful reading of the manuscript. is work was funded by grants of Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (grants FAPESP 2010/05426-8 to VRV, 2013/16885-1 to CVS and 2017/22501-2 to AGO, EJHB and CVS), Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq/Universal Project 401867/2016-1 to VRV and 306460/2016-5 to EJHB) and by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES - Finance Code 001) to RLF. is work was also partially supported by funding from the Office of Naval Research Global through grant ONR N62909-17-1-2103 to CVS and AGO. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Falaschi, R. L., Amaral, D. T., Santos, I., Domingos, A. H. R., Johnson, G. A., Martins, A. G. S., Viroomal, I. B., Pompéia, S. L., Mirza, J. D., Oliveira, A. G., Bechara, E. J. H., Viviani, V. R., & Stevani, C. V. (2019). Neoceroplatus betaryiensis nov. sp. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) is the first record of a bioluminescent fungus-gnat in South America. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47753-w | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47753-w | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9620 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Scientific Reports;9 | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Blue shining fungus gnats (Diptera) | en_US |
dc.subject | Neoceroplatus betaryiensis nov. sp. (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Keroplatinae: Keroplatini) | en_US |
dc.subject | luciferin-luciferase | en_US |
dc.subject | bioluminescence spectrum | en_US |
dc.title | Neoceroplatus betaryiensis nov. sp. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) is the first record of a bioluminescent fungusgnat in South America | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
local.yu.facultypage | https://www.yu.edu/faculty/pages/oliveira-anderson | en_US |
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