Table 1.
Cubitermes samples and summary of sequence and microsatellite data used to distinguish cryptic species.
| Putative species | Colonies | Sites | COII sequences (N = 1) | ITS2 sequences (N = 1) | Microsatellite alleles | |||||||
| AN | Hap | AN | Hap | N | AR P14 (n) | AR P19 (n) | AR P32 (n) | AR P34 (n) | AR P41 (n) | |||
| Cubitermes spA | OKOT7 | Okoumé | DQ127300 | 1 | DQ246528 | a | 26 | 227–253 (10) | 408–412 (2) | 160–174 (2) | 231–239 (4) | 149 (1) |
| ROCT16 | Rocher | DQ127302 | 1 | DQ246527 | a | 24 | ||||||
| ROCT42 | Rocher | DQ127299 | 1 | DQ246529 | a | 30 | ||||||
| ROCT14A | Rocher | DQ246540 | 1 | DQ246530 | a | 6 | ||||||
| Cubitermes spB | ROCT14B | Rocher | DQ246542 | 4 | DQ246524 | b | 12 | 231–233 (2) | 392–408 (4) | 160–176 (3) | 231–247 (8) | 149–155 (3) |
| OKOT5 | Okoumé | DQ127311 | 4 | DQ246519 | b | 18 | ||||||
| OKOT26 | Okoumé | DQ127312 | 5 | DQ246520 | b | 24 | ||||||
| CHAT34 | Chameau | DQ127309 | 4 | DQ246523 | b | 26 | ||||||
| CHAT37 | Chameau | DQ127310 | 4 | DQ246521 | b | 48 | ||||||
| CHAT38 | Chameau | DQ127308 | 4 | DQ246522 | b | 33 | ||||||
| Cubitermes spC | ROCT17 | Rocher | DQ127304 | 6 | DQ246537 | c | 23 | 225–245 (8) | 404–408 (2) | 160–180 (4) | 231–245 (5) | 149 (1) |
| OKOT24 | Okoumé | DQ127303 | 6 | DQ246531 | c | 19 | ||||||
| OKOT31 | Okoumé | DQ246543 | 6 | DQ246533 | c | 24 | ||||||
| CHAT33 | Chameau | DQ127307 | 7 | DQ246534 | c | 19 | ||||||
| ROCT45 | Rocher | DQ246544 | 6 | DQ246535 | c | 20 | ||||||
| ROCT46 | Rocher | DQ127306 | 8 | DQ246536 | c | 34 | ||||||
| CHATX | Chameau | DQ127305 | 6 | DQ246532 | c | 18 | ||||||
| Cubitermes spD | DODTD1 | Doda | DQ127301 | 2 | DQ246525 | d | 24 | 229–245 (4) | 412 (1) | 160–178 (2) | 233–239 (4) | 149 (1) |
| DODTD2 | Doda | DQ246541 | 3 | DQ246526 | d | 19 | ||||||
| Outgroups | A. longiceps | - | DQ246545 | - | DQ246538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C. albotarsalis | - | DQ246546 | - | DQ246539 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
GenBank accession numbers (AN) and haplotype names (Hap) for COII and ITS2 sequences and allele ranges (AR) for the five microsatellite loci. N, number of individuals tested for each of the 19 Cubitermes colonies of the four geographical sites and for A. longiceps and C. albotarsalis and n, number of microsatellite alleles found in each locus and putative cryptic species.