Table 1 K2P sequence divergence (Cytb/CO1/ND4) between the species belonging to the subgenus Transphlebotomus

Ph. anatolicus

Ph. canaaniticus

0.069/0.068/na

Ph. economidesi

0.107/0.146/na

0.112/0.131/0.103

Ph. killicki

0.107/0.146/na

0.103/0.111/0.097

0.083/0.131/0.096

Ph. mascittii

0.107/0.146/na

0.120/0.104/0.116

0.116/0.150/0.105

0.106/0.115/0.117

Ph. simonahalepae n. sp.

0.107/0.146/na

0.122/0.112/0.116

0.075/0.090/0.075

0.086/0.110/0.101

0.121/0.115/0.112