Table 3 Sequence characteristics of the four sequenced regions

Total number of sequences^a

885

789

629

654

Success rate of PCR and sequencing

98.6%

87.9%

70.0%

72.8%

Number of species^b

72

65

67

63

Percent with valid conspecifics

89.0%

90.8%

80.6%

88.9%

GC content

44.1

59.7

33.9

27.6

Number of variable sites

229

448

713

1072

Number of alignment gaps

NA

551

345

1402

Alignment length

570

679

902

1411

Maximum intraspecific distance

0.005

0.046

0.018

0.077

Maximum interspecific distance

0.267

0.705

0.835

1.481