Table 4 Character-based DNA barcodes (COI) for three cryptic species of Encyrtus.

From: Formal nomenclature and description of cryptic species of the Encyrtus sasakii complex (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Position

14

26

32

47

53

68

102

122

134

149

 

E. sasakii

G

G

G

T

A

G

G

A

G

T

E. eulecaniumiae

A

G

A

G

G

A

G

T

A

T

E. rhodococcusiae

T

A

A

T

A

G

A

T

G

A

Position

161

176

203

215

224

227

233

236

245

254

E. sasakii

T

A

A

A

G

G

A

A

G

A

E. eulecaniumiae

T

A

G

A

A

A

T

G

A

T

E. rhodococcusiae

C

G

A

G

A

A

T

A

A

T

Position

266

269

271

281

284

290

320

335

341

389

E. sasakii

A

T

A

G

T

G

G

A

T

G

E. eulecaniumiae

G

T

T/G

A

A

A

A

T

A

G

E. rhodococcusiae

T

A

T

T

A

A

A

T

T

A

Position

431

443

446

461

467

468

470

494

521

530

533

E. sasakii

G

A

G

G

A

T

G

G

A

A

G

E. eulecaniumiae

A

G

G

A

G

T

A

A

A

A

A

E. rhodococcusiae

A

G

A

G

G

C

T

A

T

G

G

  1. Pure diagnostic characters for discriminating all the individuals at 41 selected nucleotide positions for COI except at position 271 for E. eulecaniumiae are shown in bold.