Table 3 Interspecific mean coxI genetic distances (%) based on Tamura’s 3-parameter model

1

Phebotomus simici

2.4^a

2

Phebotomus brevis

5.3^a

0.9

3

Adlerius sp. Turkey

6.1^a

3.9^a

0.8

4

Adlerius sp. Armenia

5.7^a

3.6^a

0.8^a

0.1

5

Phebotomus balcanicus

14.2

13.4

14.3

14.1

3.7^a

6

Phebotomus halepensis

14.5

12.3

13.1

13.0

8.6^a

1.4

7

Phebotomus kyreniae

14.8

13.5

14.9

14.6

7.1^a

9.2^a

0.5

8

Phebotomus chinensis

15.7

15.8

15.5

15.4

13.6

13.1

14.8

0.5

9

Phebotomus longiductus

16.8

15.8

16.1

15.2

13.6

12.4

14.1

14.5

0.2

10

Phebotomus arabicus

17.3

15.4

15.8

15.5

11.2

8.1^a

12.3

15.1

13.9

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