Table 4.

Interspecific pairwise (Pwc) distances (%) calculated among consensus sequences for 16S rDNA, 12S rDNA, and cox1 haplotypes of each Rhipicephalus species examined

	R. sanguineus s.l.	R. sp. I	R. sp. II	R. sp. III	R. sp. IV	R. guilhoni	R. pusillus	R. turanicus	R. muhsamae	R. bursa
16S rDNA
R. sanguineus s.l.	-
R. sp. I	5.1	-
R. sp. II	8.7	7	-
R. sp. III	6.2	4	7	-
R. sp. IV	9	7.6	10.5	7.3	-
R. guilhoni	3.3	5.1	9.5	6.2	8.3	-
R. pusillus	9.4	9.4	11.6	10.2	12.6	10.2	-
R. turanicus	11.3	9.5	12.4	8	12	10.6	13.4	-
R. muhsamae	11.6	11.6	12.7	12.7	14.4	11.2	12	15.6	-
R. bursa	15.2	15.2	14.9	14.9	14.1	14.9	15.6	18.1	15.9	-
12S rDNA
R. sanguineus s.l.	-
R. sp. I	10.1	-
R. sp. II	10.5	10.4	-
R. sp. III	7.3	9	7.6	-
R. sp. IV	8.7	9.8	9.3	6.1	-
R. guilhoni	3.5	9.6	9.6	6.7	8.2	-
R. pusillus	9.6	9.6	6.7	6.7	8.1	9.3	-
R. turanicus	10.2	11.3	10.2	8.5	7	9.6	9.9	-
R. muhsamae	11.9	11.3	9.1	8.5	8.4	11.4	7.9	10.7	-
R. bursa	14.4	15.3	13	12.7	13.3	13.6	13.6	13.8	13	-
cox1
R. sanguineus s.l.	-
R. sp. I	12.3	-
R. sp. II	15.7	12.5	-
R. sp. III	13.6	9.4	13.2	-
R. sp. IV	12.3	9.4	12.5	10	-
R. guilhoni	9.6	10	14	11.1	11.3	-
R. pusillus	13.8	11.1	14	11.5	9.8	10.9	-
R. turanicus	14.9	11.7	14.2	11.5	12.3	13.6	13.2	-
R. muhsamae	18.7	14.5	16.8	13.8	14.5	15.3	14.2	17	-
R. bursa	16.8	13.8	16.2	14.7	13.8	15.5	13.6	15.5	16.2	-