Table 2.

Pairwise genetic (COI mtDNA) distances (p-distances) (substitutions per 100 nucleotides ± SE) within the studied species of Caucasirella gen. nov.

C. fontinalis comb. nov. (type species)		C. mikhailovi comb. nov.	C. fanagorica comb. nov.	C. shepsiensis comb. nov.	C. asheensis comb. nov.	C. shapsuhica sp. nov.	C. mzymtiensis sp. nov.
C. mikhailovi comb. nov.	0.276 ± 0.044
C. fanagorica comb. nov.	0.242 ± 0.038	0.157 ± 0.025
C. shepsiensis comb. nov.	0.250 ± 0.039	0.135 ± 0.022	0.118 ± 0.020
C. asheensis comb. nov.	0.243 ± 0.038	0.138 ± 0.022	0.115 ± 0.019	0.033 ± 0.008
C. shapsuhica sp. nov.	0.260 ± 0.041	0.176 ± 0.028	0.195 ± 0.031	0.181 ± 0.029	0.182 ± 0.029
C. mzymtiensis sp. nov.	0.251 ± 0.039	0.143 ± 0.024	0.112 ± 0.020	0.091 ± 0.017	0.082 ± 0.015	0.201 ± 0.032
C. lazareviensis sp. nov.	0.233 ± 0.037	0.133 ± 0.022	0.115 ± 0.020	0.084 ± 0.015	0.073 ± 0.014	0.197 ± 0.031	0.030 ± 0.008