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Table 1 Details of taxonomic reassessment

From: DNA barcoding of Northern Nearctic Muscidae (Diptera) reveals high correspondence between morphological and molecular species limits

Taxon

CO1 distances (%)

Outcome of taxonomic reassessment

 

Pre

Post

 
 

max intra

min inter

max intra

min inter

 

Coenosia demoralis

1.47

1.47

Morphologically distinct

Coenosia minor

0.17

1.47

0.17

1.47

Morphologically distinct

Drymeia pribilofensis

0.15

1.38

0.15

1.38

Morphologically distinct

Drymeia segnis

0.00

1.38

0.00

1.38

Morphologically distinct

Helina evecta

3.01

4.55

3.01

4.55

Morphologically distinct

Helina laxifrons

2.54

5.72

2.54

5.72

Morphologically distinct

Hydrotaea pilitibia

0.00

1.47

0.00

1.47

Morphologically distinct

Hydrotaea scambus

1.47

1.47

Morphologically distinct

Lispe cotidiana

0.00

1.54

0.00

1.54

Morphologically distinct

Lispe uliginosa

0.00

1.54

0.00

1.54

Morphologically distinct

Lispocephala varians

0.48

X

X

Misidentification of L. erythrocera

Lispocephala erythrocera

0.00

0.48

0.65

6.74

Min inter >2% after misidentification resolution

Muscina flukei

0.00

1.86

0.00

1.86

Morphologically distinct

Muscina levida

4.20

1.86

0.17

3.80

Problematic specimen renamed Muscina sp.

Phaonia errans

4.24

7.95

0.80

3.27

Split into P. errans and Phaonia luteva

Phaonia savonoskii

0.16

1.70

0.16

1.70

Morphologically distinct

Phaonia serva

0.46

1.70

0.46

1.70

Morphologically distinct

Spilogona arctica

0.61

1.75

0.61

1.75

Morphologically distinct

Spilogona atrisquamula

2.50

2.01

2.50

2.01

Morphologically distinct

Spilogona contractifrons

3.80

1.23

0.80

1.75

Split into S. contractifrons and Spilogona sp. 12

Spilogona fatima

0.00

1.70

0.00

1.70

Morphologically distinct

Spilogona forticula

0.00

1.23

0.00

1.23

Morphologically distinct

Spilogona novemaculata

0.00

1.70

0.00

1.70

Morphologically distinct

Spilogona sp. 8

0.00

X

X

misidentification of Spilogona sp. 1

Spilogona sp. 1

0.00

0.00

0.00

4.35

Min inter >2% after misidentification resolution

Thricops hirtulus

0.15

1.70

0.15

1.70

Morphologically distinct

Thricops innocuus

0.61

1.70

0.61

1.70

Morphologically distinct

Thricops spiniger

0.77

0.00

X

X

Lumped with Thricops septentrionalis

Thricops septentrionalis

0.93

0.00

0.93

0.77

Renamed Thricops septentrionalis/ spiniger

Thricops villicrus

0.15

0.77

0.15

0.77

Morphologically distinct

  1. Outcome of the taxonomic reassessment for all 30 Muscidae taxa with monophyly issues and/or anomalous divergence values in the pre-assessment data set. Maximum pairwise intraspecific (max intra) and minimum pairwise interspecific (min inter) distances shown for pre-assessment (Pre) and post-reassessment (Post) data sets. Missing intraspecific distances in taxa represented by a single sequence denoted by ---, missing distance values caused by the absence of a taxon in the post-reassessment data set denoted by X.