Table 1. Genes used for Wolbachia typing and their PCR amplification primers.

Gene	Putative product	Primer (5′-3′)	Size of expected amplification fragment (bp)	References
wsp	major surface protein	wF-TGGTCCAATAAGTGATGAAGAAAC	590–632 bp	[36], [37]
		wAF-TGAAATTTTACCTCTTTTC	556 bp
		wBpipF-AAGGAACCGAAGTTCATG	501 bp
		wBcauBF-CCATCTTTTCTAGCTGGA	466 bp
		wR-AAAAATTAAACGCTACTCCA
ank2	ankyrin domain protein	F-CTTCTTCTGTGAGTGTACGT	313–511 bp	[38]
		R2-TCCATATCGATCTACTGCGT