3.2. Species delimitation
ABGD analysis showed a bimodal distribution in COI and 18S sequences
pairwise differences. The genetic distance within each group for COI was
<1.00% whereas the genetic distance among groups was
>10.20% with no intermediate pairwise distances observed.
ABGD analysis for 18S sequences revealed genetic distance between within
groups of 0.00%, and genetic distance between groups
>3.00% again with no intermediate distances observed. The
groups delimited using either of these methods were identical.