Table 2. Six Wolbachia genotypes: genomic differences and occurrence.

Genotype group	Genotype	IS5 at WD1310 locus	IS5 at WD0516/7 locus	Number of VNTR-141 motifs	Number of VNTR-105 motifs	Inversion	Occurrence and Location*
CS	wMelCS	yes	no	6	4	forward	rare; widespread
	wMelCS2	yes	no	6	5	forward	rare; Middle Asia, East Europe, Altai
MEL	wMel	no	yes	7	5	reverse	common, widespread
	wMel2	no	yes	6	5	forward	rare; East and South Asia
	wMel3**	no	no	7	5	reverse	one laboratory stock
	wMel4***	no	yes	5	5	reverse	extremely rare; Egypt

Note:

^*Data from [7], [9], [10] and original data;

^**not used in this work;

^***wMel4 is a new genotype reported here.