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. 2018 Aug 13;11:463. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3046-7

Table 1.

List of the blackfly species, country of collection, number of specimens with DNA barcodes (n) and mean intraspecific values of sequence divergence (%)

Species Collection country n Mean sequence divergence (%)
Prosimulium hirtipes Spain, UK 11 0.62
Prosimulium latimucro (s.l.)a Spain, UK 5 2.93
Prosimulium rufipes (s.l.) Spain 4 0.82
Prosimulium tomosvaryi a Spain 17 2.77
Simulium (Boophthora) erythrocephalum Spain 13 0.42
Simulium (Eusimulium) angustipes UK 9 1.09
Simulium (Eusimulium) petricolum UK 5 1.66
Simulium (Eusimulium) rubzovianumb Spain, UK 16 1.63
Simulium (Nevermannia) bertrandi Spain 10 nac
Simulium (Nevermannia) brevidens Spain 7 0.05
Simulium (Nevermannia) carthusiense Spain 10 0.35
Simulium (Nevermannia) cryophilum (s.l.) Spain 7 0.81
Simulium (Nevermannia) vernum (s.l.) Spain, UK 11 0.71
Simulium (Simulium) intermediuma Spain 21 3.96
Simulium (Simulium) ornatum (s.l.) Spain 13 1.62
Simulium (Simulium) argyreatuma Spain, UK 17 2.71
Simulium (Simulium) monticola Spain 14 0.45
Simulium (Simulium) variegatuma Spain, UK 22 2.15
Simulium (Simulium) xanthinum Spain 1 nac
Simulium (Trichodagmia) galloprovinciale Spain 2 0.17
Simulium (Wilhelmia) equinum Spain 5 0.56
Simulium (Wilhelmia) lineatum Spain 8 1.11
Simulium (Wilhelmia) pseudequinum Spain, UK 6 1.19
Simulium (Wilhelmia) sergenti Spain 15 0.35

aTaxa with high level of genetic diversity

bThe name of S. rubzovianum replaced S. velutinum for previous distributional records of this species in Spain, which is now restricted to North Africa and Canary Islands [43]

cMean intraspecific values of sequence divergence (K2P) shown with missing entries (na) indicate that less than two specimens were analyzed