Table 1.
Divergence dates of the major clades of the B. tabaci species complex estimated using BEAST[44], see Figure3for alphabetically labeled clades
| Clade | Taxon | Estimated age | 95% HPD |
|---|---|---|---|
| A |
Bemisia |
86 |
70-102 |
| B |
Various Bemisia species |
72 |
62-89 |
| C |
Various Bemisia species |
62 |
50-77 |
| D |
B. tabaci complex |
57 |
45-66 |
| E |
All major clades split from the SSA species |
48 |
34-60 |
| F |
Sub-Saharan Africa/Bemisia sp. |
48 |
30-64 |
| G |
New World species and Asian species diverge |
44 |
33-55 |
| H |
Asian species and Italy diverge |
39 |
23-53 |
| I |
B. emilae and sub-Saharan Africa |
39 |
20-48 |
| J |
Asian species diversification |
36 |
25-50 |
| K |
Asian species diversification |
32 |
22-48 |
| L |
Asian species diversification |
30 |
20-44 |
| M |
AsiaII diverges |
28 |
18-38 |
| N |
Asia1/Australia species diversification |
27 |
17-40 |
| O |
China1, 2, 3 and Japan diverge |
24 |
14-45 |
| P |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
23 |
12-39 |
| Q |
MED/MEAM1/Indian Ocean |
21 |
10-35 |
| R |
Asia1/AsiaII/Australia |
20 |
9-35 |
| S |
MED/MEAM1 |
13 |
8-25 |
| T |
New World |
13 |
5-28 |
| U |
Asia1 |
11 |
4-30 |
| V |
Italy |
11 |
6-27 |
| W |
MED |
10 |
2-29 |
| X |
MEAM1 |
7 |
0.5-15 |
| Y | Indian Ocean | 3 | 0.5-8 |
The highest probability density (HPD) is the credible set that contains 95% of the sampled values.