Table 1.

Total number of SSRs in different genome regions

Order	Species	Exon	Intron	Intergenic regions	Spanning exon-intron	Spanning intergenic-genetic	total number
Anoplura	P. humanus	3797	82,101	377,312	340	287	463,837
Coleoptera	D. ponderosae	275	1726	6182	23	10	8216
	T. castaneum	734	7623	9493	43	21	17,914
Diptera	A. aegypti	4510	272,342	91,215	537	50	368,654
	A. coluzzii	3896	22,894	52,062	127	95	79,074
	A. darlingi	27,936	45,779	213,703	2749	586	290,753
	A. gambiae	4781	28,746	74,093	108	106	107,834
	A. sinensis	3219	5862	23,306	75	30	32,492
	A. stephensi	4125	11,654	54,969	112	488	71,348
	B. cucurbitae	2388	42,930	40,223	46	161	85,748
	B. dorsalis	1903	27,991	29,792	37	77	59,800
	C. capitata	3862	113,867	100,518	73	288	218,608
	C. quinquefasciatus	10,339	53,060	221,906	1283	396	286,984
	D. ananassae	3823	15,074	32,900	73	26	51,896
	D. erecta	3810	10,660	23,757	49	27	38,303
	D. grimshawi	8444	47,707	95,949	172	70	152,342
	D. melanogaster	2201	30,075	15,571	56	95	47,998
	D. mojavensis	8222	56,598	124,059	203	69	189,151
	D. persimilis	5613	34,289	62,326	172	76	102,476
	D. pseudoobscura	6227	32,734	67,334	137	65	106,497
	D. sechellia	2527	9763	20,328	63	36	32,717
	D. simulans	2253	9234	19,388	57	24	30,956
	D. virilis	8114	39,513	88,738	140	60	136,565
	D. willistoni	6731	45,312	97,124	142	59	149,368
	D. yakuba	3571	13,101	28,165	79	35	44,951
	M. destructor	3883	17,407	59,110	519	415	81,334
	M. scalaris	268	770	2581	25	7	3651
	M. domestica	2298	58,145	64,685	45	227	125,400
Hemiptera	A. pisum	2349	93,793	71,989	164	511	168,806
	D. citri	459	78,562	78,172	115	179	157,487
	N. lugens	955	9002	25,103	73	35	35,168
	R. prolixus	505	24,038	87,771	42	45	112,401
Hymenoptera	A. dorsata	1083	83,173	59,480	119	334	144,189
	A. florea	1484	81,374	60,290	123	368	143,639
	A. mellifera	4455	82,325	133,229	724	397	221,130
	A. rosae	973	54,968	41,550	60	240	97,791
	B. impatiens	890	27,439	14,460	43	260	43,092
	B. terrestris	892	25,178	13,437	27	267	39,801
	C. floridanus	3493	22,024	92,188	682	227	118,614
	C. biroi	1446	30,066	14,794	57	179	46,542
	C. solmsi marchali	1579	115,235	126,743	424	985	244,966
	F. arisanus	744	8932	4937	32	54	14,699
	H. saltator	12,331	79,960	388,788	2777	818	484,674
	L. humile	1635	6724	41,722	67	61	50,209
	M. rotundata	1018	13,356	7637	35	84	22,130
	M. demolitor	2343	60,307	44,657	186	553	108,046
	N. vitripennis	1897	39,230	70,786	175	24	112,112
	P. barbatus	1860	13,131	78,291	119	97	93,498
	V. emeryi	1787	33,971	22,043	59	304	58,164
	W. auropunctata	1724	51,892	36,798	64	345	90,823
	A. echinatior	4443	35,426	115,736	790	203	156,598
Isoptera	Z. nevadensis	879	16,054	48,801	61	27	65,822
Lepidoptera	B. mori	501	12,750	76,795	41	21	90,108
	C. suppressalis	861	5346	8584	157	6	14,954
	D. plexippus	553	11,184	24,726	40	18	36,521
	H. melpomene	571	13,315	23,606	45	45	37,582
	M. sexta	864	17,324	24,138	40	67	42,433
	P. xylostella	9700	74,901	144,119	1862	291	230,873