Table 1. K2P genetic distances (%) between all Iranian species and Lebanon sample of the genus Niphargus based on 28S ribosomal DNA gene (below diagonal) and mtDNA (COI) gene (above diagonal).

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1: N. kurdistanensis sp. nov.	-	12.1	13.0	15.1	14.7	11.6	12.1	13.2	15.7	13.2	11.6	12.5	19.9	9.8	-	-
2: N. alisadri	0.6	-	13.3	17.1	15.8	12.4	11.0	12.4	14.4	11.9	12.4	13.1	20.9	12.4	-	-
3: N. darvishi	1.1	0.8	-	14.1	15.6	9.6	10.5	12.3	13.5	12.3	4.7	10.7	17.6	10.2	-	-
4: N. borisi	2.0	2.2	2.7	-	13.0	16.3	14.5	18.1	18.6	17.6	13.9	15.6	23.5	14.8	-	-
5: N. sharifi	0.8	0.6	1.1	1.8	-	15.8	14.7	16.1	16.0	15.6	14.9	14.7	22.2	15.6	-	-
6: N. khwarizmi	1.4	1.0	1.3	2.6	1.1	-	11.2	12.1	15.8	12.1	9.0	9.0	19.9	10.5	-	-
7: N. bisitunicus	1.3	1.1	1.4	2.7	1.0	1.1	-	11.0	13.8	10.5	8.7	11.2	21.7	12.8	-	-
8: N. khayyami	1.7	1.3	1.5	2.6	1.1	1.0	1.1	-	10.3	0.4	11.6	14.0	22.2	13.7	-	-
8: N. sohrevardensis	1.4	1.0	1.0	2.6	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	-	9.9	14.6	13.6	22.0	16.4	-	-
10: N. hosseinei	1.7	1.4	1.4	2.8	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.1	0.4	-	12.1	14.0	22.2	14.2	-	-
11: N. persicus	1.3	0.9	0.3	2.8	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.1	1.5	-	10.1	17.8	9.6	-	-
12: N. ilamensis	1.7	1.3	1.3	2.8	1.4	1.0	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.9	1.4	-	22.0	11.9	-	-
13: N. daniali	9.7	9.7	10.0	10.0	9.6	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.8	10.2	10.4	-	17.1	-	-
14: NLebanon	0.3	0.6	1.1	2.0	0.8	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.4	1.7	1.3	1.7	9.9	-	-	-
15: N. sariei	1.8	1.4	1.4	3.0	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	1.1	10.8	1.7	-	-
16: N. kermanshahi	1.1	1.0	1.3	2.6	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.4	1.0	10.5	1.4	1.1	-
17: N. hakani	1.9	1.5	2.1	3.1	1.7	1.4	1.7	1.8	1.3	1.7	2.2	1.5	10.1	1.9	1.9	1.5