Table 2.

Primer pairs used for amplification of the COI marker.

Primer name	Primer sequence	Length (in bp)
L1490 (Folmer et al. 1994)	5’ - GGTCAACAAATCATAAAGATATTGG - 3’	658
H2198 (Folmer et al. 1994)	5’ - TAAACTTCAGGGTGACCAAAAAATCA - 3’
TEP_F2	5’ - TAGGAGCAGTAAATTTTAT - 3’	(+H2198) 211
TEP_R2	5’ - CAAAAACTTATATTATTTAT - 3’	(+L1490) 241
TEP_F4	5’ - ATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGG - 3’	268
TEP_R4	5’ - GTAATTCCTGTTGATCGTATATTAAT - 3’
TEPCOIF	5’ - TAAACTTCAGCCATTTAATC - 3’	777
TEPCOIR	5’ - TTTTCCTGATTCTTGTCTAA - 3’