TABLE 6 in Rhabdias aegyptiaca El-Garhy & Garo, 2006 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae), parasitic in Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss) (Anura: Bufonidae) with a preliminary treatment of the problematic taxonomic status of North African Rhabdias

TABLE 6. Pairwise genetic distance of the 1,504 bp long 28S rDNA + IT rDNA regions for the Saharo-Arabian Rhabdias aegyptiaca El-Garhy & Garo, 2006, with available species of Afrotropic and Palearctic Rhabdias Stiles & Hassall, 1905; results presented as the number of differences (below diagonal) and percentage (above diagonal). GenBank ID SpeciesSaharo-ArabianAfrotropicPalearcticEcozone1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.OL998834 1. Rhabdias aegyptiaca El-Garhy & Garo, 2006-0.20.12.33.41.82.33.11.71.72.12.32.31.71.7Saharo-ArabianMG428407 2. Rhabdias africanus Kuzmin, 20013-0.32.53.61.82.53.21.91.92.32.52.51.81.9AfrotropicKF999598 3. Rhabdias cf. africanus of Tkach et al. (2014a)14-2.43.51.82.43.21.71.72.22.42.31.81.7OP162816 4. Rhabdias aramis Kuzmin, du Preez, Nel & Svitin, 2022353836-3.31.80.12.81.91.90.70.40.12.11.9OP162814 5. Rhabdias athos Kuzmin, du Preez, Nel & Svitin, 202251545249-1.83.31.73.03.13.53.43.23.33.2MT298095 6. Rhabdias delangei Kuzmin, Svitin, Harnoster & du Preez, 20202730283048-2.02.71.31.31.92.11.91.11.3MG428406 7. Rhabdias engelbrechti Kuzmin, Halajian, Tavakol, Luus-Powell & Tkach, 201735383624930-2.71.91.90.70.40.12.11.9OP162815 8. Rhabdias porthos Kuzmin, du Preez, Nel & Svitin, 202247484842254041-2.52.63.02.92.72.72.8MG195567 9. Rhabdias picardiae (Junker, Lhermitte-Vallarino & Bain, 2010) n. comb.2528262845192837-0.11.72.01.81.31.2KJ018777 10. Rhabdias sylvestris (Baker, 1982) n. comb.25282628471928392-1.62.01.81.21.1KF999610 11. Rhabdias bermani Rausch, Rausch & Atrashkevich, 198432343310522810452624-0.80.61.81.7PalearcticKF999593 12. Rhabdias bufonis (Schrank, 1788) Stiles & Hassall, 190535383665132644303012-0.32.22.1KF999609 13. Rhabdias cf. bufonis of Tkach et al. (2014a)34373514829141272795-2.01.9KF999596 14. Rhabdias rubrovenosa (Schneider, 1866) Semenov, 192926272731491731412018273330-1.1DQ845739 15. Rhabdias sphaerocephala Goodey, 19242528262948192942181625312816- ......continued on the next page