FIGURE 2.

An unrooted maximum‐likelihood (ML) phylogenetic tree based on 483 bp of Bemisia tabaci partial mtCOI gene sequences using IQTree. ⁴⁸ Arrows show the phylogenetic placements (with high node support values) of the two cryptic species (AUS I, MEAM1) detected in this study against selected partial mtCOI gene sequences ¹³ of species including the other endemic AUS II species (JX416166, KC109797), an Indonesian species (HQ457045), various Asian species, the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean (MED) species complex and the MEAM1 species. ⁹ Node confidence estimates are based on 1000 UltraFast bootstrap replications; bootstrap support > 70% are shown. Note that the AN12‐1 species sequence is 100% identical to another reported AUS I sequence (GU086328); the characterised MEAM1 species sequence is 100% identical to other MEAM1 sequences reported from countries including the USA (GU086340, HM070411), Taiwan (GU086342), Egypt (DQ133373), Japan (AB204577) and Brazil (JN689356).