Table 1

Cubitermes samples and summary of sequence and microsatellite data used to distinguish cryptic species.

Putative species

Colonies

Sites

COII sequences (N = 1)

ITS2 sequences (N = 1)

Microsatellite alleles

AN

Hap

AN

Hap

N

AR P14 (n)

AR P19 (n)

AR P32 (n)

AR P34 (n)

AR P41 (n)

Cubitermes spA

OKOT7

Okoumé

1

a

26

227–253 (10)

408–412 (2)

160–174 (2)

231–239 (4)

149 (1)

ROCT16

Rocher

1

a

24

ROCT42

Rocher

1

a

30

ROCT14A

Rocher

1

a

6

Cubitermes spB

ROCT14B

Rocher

4

b

12

231–233 (2)

392–408 (4)

160–176 (3)

231–247 (8)

149–155 (3)

OKOT5

Okoumé

4

b

18

OKOT26

Okoumé

5

b

24

CHAT34

Chameau

4

b

26

CHAT37

Chameau

4

b

48

CHAT38

Chameau

4

b

33

Cubitermes spC

ROCT17

Rocher

6

c

23

225–245 (8)

404–408 (2)

160–180 (4)

231–245 (5)

149 (1)

OKOT24

Okoumé

6

c

19

OKOT31

Okoumé

6

c

24

CHAT33

Chameau

7

c

19

ROCT45

Rocher

6

c

20

ROCT46

Rocher

8

c

34

CHATX

Chameau

6

c

18

Cubitermes spD

DODTD1

Doda

2

d

24

229–245 (4)

412 (1)

160–178 (2)

233–239 (4)

149 (1)

DODTD2

Doda

3

d

19

Outgroups

A. longiceps

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

C. albotarsalis

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

GenBank accession numbers (AN) and haplotype names (Hap) for COII and ITS2 sequences and allele ranges (AR) for the five microsatellite loci. N, number of individuals tested for each of the 19 Cubitermes colonies of the four geographical sites and for A. longiceps and C. albotarsalis and n, number of microsatellite alleles found in each locus and putative cryptic species.

Roy et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006 6:102 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-102